I'm pretty sure the good students understand this.
It's important to set the expectations from the start, yes. But at university level, students should already understand that failing to think for themselves will ultimately mean they will fail assessments and are wasting everybody's time. 🤷
Well, this student didn’t know that, or hadn’t sufficiently internalized it. Any policy that only serves “the good students” but does nothing to help the rest grow is a disservice. I’ve had profs give inscrutable lectures and, when asked to clarify, reply that “the good students would’ve gotten it.”
I agree with you that anybody who thinks the intent of such a classroom question is to make students prompt an LLM for the answer likely should not be at university – but that disappointment should be made explicit by the lecturer so that students can learn from it.
"It's also a disservice to them if classes get derailed by students who don't."
I agree but I don't think there's any need to derail a class. A simple "Okay, let's instead ask someone who can give me their thoughts on the question without having to ask an AI" and moving on would entirely suffice.
Of course students will use chatGPT at home but I don't think anyone should be using chatGPT in an in-person conversation like a class discussion, unless chatGPT is the explicit topic of the class.
Eff that. That is something intolerable. I'd report and complain to the Dean and vocally encourage the rest of the class to do so. I am paying $1000s for an AI-assisted discussion.
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It's important to set the expectations from the start, yes. But at university level, students should already understand that failing to think for themselves will ultimately mean they will fail assessments and are wasting everybody's time. 🤷
It's also a disservice to them if classes get derailed by students who don't.
But point taken, some effort should be made to teach these things.
I actually don't mind if students use ChatGPT, it's not going to go away, and even good students will use it. Universities will need to adapt to this.
It could be useful to have the LLM provide a response to a question and then ask students to critique its response.
I agree but I don't think there's any need to derail a class. A simple "Okay, let's instead ask someone who can give me their thoughts on the question without having to ask an AI" and moving on would entirely suffice.
Pls to lecture me about AI, I use it everyday. 🙄