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Kids who use ChatGPT as a study assistant do worse on tests
(hechingerreport.org)
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this post was submitted on 04 Sep 2024
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Traditional instruction gave the same result as a bleeding edge ChatGPT tutorial bot. Imagine what would happen if a tiny fraction of the billions spent to develop this technology went into funding improved traditional instruction.
Better paid teachers, better resources, studies geared at optimizing traditional instruction, etc.
Move fast and break things was always a stupid goal. Turbocharging it with all this money is killing the tried and true options that actually produce results, while straining the power grid and worsening global warming.
Investing in actual education infrastructure won't get VC techbros their yachts, though.
It’s the other way round: Education makes for less gullible people and for workers that demand more rights more freely and easily - and then those are coming for their yachts…
Imagine all the money spent on war would be invested into education 🫣what a beautiful world we would live in.
And cracking open a book didn’t demolish the environment. Weird.
Interesting way of looking at it. I disagree with your conclusion about the study, though.
It seems like the AI tool would be helpful for things like assignments rather than tests. I think it's intellectually dishonest to ignore the gains in some environments because it doesn't have gains in others.
You're also comparing a young technology to methods that have been adapted over hundreds of thousands of years. Was the first automobile entirely superior to every horse?
I get that some people just hate AI because it's AI. For the people interested in nuance, I think this study is interesting. I think other studies will seek to build on it.
The point of assignments is to help study for your test.
Homework is forced study. If you’re just handed the answers, you will do shit on the test.
To me, "assignment" is more of a project. Not rote practice. Applying knowledge to a bit of a longer term, multi-part project.
The education system is primarily about controlling bodies and minds. So any actual education is counter-productive.
LLMs/GPT, and other forms of the AI boogeyman, are all just a tool we can use to augment education when it makes sense. Just like the introduction of calculators or the internet, AI isn't going to be the easy button, nor is it going to steal all teachers' jobs. These tools need to be studied, trained for, and applied purposely in order to be most effective.
EDIT: Downvoters, I'd appreciate some engagement on why you disagree.
are all just a tool
just a tool
it's just a tool
a tool is a tool
all are just tools
it's no more than a tool
it's just a tool
it's a tool we can use
one of our many tools
it's only a tool
these are just tools
a tool for thee, a tool for me
guns don't kill people, people kill people
the solution is simple:
teach drunk people not to shoot their guns so much
unless they want to
that is the American way
tanks don't kill people, people kill people
the solution is simple:
teach drunk people not to shoot their tanks so much
the barista who offered them soy milk
wasn't implying anything about their T levels
that is the American way
Thanks for reminding me that AI is just tools, friend.
My memory is not so good.
I often can't
remember
Ok, I'm going to reply like you're being serious. It is a tool and it's out there and it's not going anywhere. Do we allow ourselves to imagine how it can be improved to help students or do we ignore it and act like it won't ever be something students need to learn?
Yeah, I agree. I wrote twelve lines about that.