Are fears about ChatGPT warranted?
ChatGPT is incredible – and terrifying.
How many jobs will this kill? Will it disrupt our education system? Essay writing for students is one of the most obvious examples of where ChatGPT could become a problem.?Many students may now say what is the point of learning to write essays at school when artificial intelligence (AI) can do that for us? And ChatGPT will only get exponentially better in the near future.
The point is that AI cannot be and should not be stopped. Instead, we should be aware of the technological advancements that are sweeping our world and develop safeguards to adopt them responsibly. There is already the software to help teachers identify whether their students are plagiarizing their essays from ChatGPT. Educators thought that Google, Wikipedia, and the internet itself would ruin education, but they did not.
Software has revolutionized businesses in myriad ways in the past 35 years, and with machine learning applications such as ChatGPT, this trend is set to continue…and education and businesses will continue to reap the benefits. When it comes to education, for example, while ChatGPT won’t be able to replace a teacher in a classroom, it can certainly help them to prepare. Education professionals spend nearly 50 percent of their working hours on things like lesson planning – a process that ChatGPT can perform in seconds.
ChatGPT?will surely threaten some jobs. But, as ever in business, when new technology arrives to replace an existing job, workers will find new roles. For instance, content creators can pivot to become content editors instead.?
The next task for higher education should be to prepare graduates to make the most effective use of the new tools and to emphasize active and experiential learning that show students how to take advantage of these new technologies.
Dejan Trpkovic,?Managing Director,?PRODIREKT?& Founder of?Verbalists Education & Language Network
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1 年Thanks Dejan…An interesting read :) I was introduced to ChatGPT recently when a friend shared a story that he asked ChatGPT AI for , and then dug into the AI myself. I am still discovering its capabilities but am really excited to know more about how it could help with lesson planning.. as of now ChatGPT is at “capacity” and has shared a rap about its status while so wait for it to be back online… amusing:)
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1 年Although we have accepted some IT tools in schools to support teaching, there is still a strong resistance to changing the entire concept of learning. I can't convince my colleagues that, in addition to mathematics and social department, we should introduce an IT major in our gymnasium, what more can I say...
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1 年Great article Dejan. A good look at how things are. I'm keen to get an expert to write something like this for my newsletter actually.
You have the most interesting articles!!
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1 年Interested to hear your views on their impact in the edu sector. A lot of negative narratives around writing essays for students, preparing synopsis etc. how to manage that whilst reaping the many benefits…?