Should teachers be worried about the impact of ChatGPT on the Future of Education?

This is not exactly an article but an experiment I decided to run ??. I let you make up your own mind about whether or not this is the beginning of a new era for #schoolboards, #universities, #teachers, and #students. In addition, this could be the end of autocorrect softwares like #Antidote or #Grammarly. Lawyers drafting contracts, as well as large consulting firms such as #PwC or #Deloitte will also be highly impacted. It is not clear whether or not this marks the beginning of a new era for these groups, but the potential impacts of ChatGPT are significant and worth considering. Here's what I did:

1. I have found the following #NewYorkTimes article about #Plato's hypothetical opinion about #ChatGPT.
2. I copied and pasted the article to ChatGPT asking to "summarize the text into bullet points."
3. Then, I asked ChatGPT to "create a new article from the same bullet points."

The result is INCREDIBLE AND SCARY ?? ????????. See below. As for the question of whether or not the article can be signed "by Hoss - Hosni Zaouali," that is yours to decide if this is disguised plagiarism.

I asked ChatGPT: "Create a news article about the impact of ChatGPT on students and education at large using the following bullet points:

"In ancient Greece, philosopher Plato mourned the invention of the alphabet, believing it would threaten traditional memory-based arts of rhetoric and cause forgetfulness in learners. Fast forward to the present day, and a new form of technology is causing similar concerns: ChatGPT, a conversational artificial intelligence program.

Recently released by OpenAI, ChatGPT has the ability to produce articles in response to open-ended questions that are comparable to good high school essays. While this may seem like a step forward in education, there are also concerns to consider.

In tests, ChatGPT's responses to a range of questions were found to be cogent and well-reasoned. However, on more complicated concepts, the program sometimes gave highly plausible but incorrect answers. This raises the issue of students relying too heavily on ChatGPT and similar tools, rather than learning how to critically assess and use information in their own arguments.

This is where the concept of "flipped classrooms" comes in. Rather than using ChatGPT to produce a complete essay, students could use the program as part of their research and then create an essay in the classroom with guidance from teachers. This would allow for the development of crucial skills such as researching a topic, evaluating claims, synthesizing knowledge, and expressing it in a clear and persuasive manner.

However, it's important to note that the use of conversational A.I. in education may exacerbate inequalities if sufficient resources are not provided equitably. In schools with fewer resources, some students may end up turning in A.I.-generated essays without obtaining the necessary skills or understanding of the subject matter.

Overall, ChatGPT and similar tools have the potential to be useful in education, but it's important for students to learn how to critically assess the veracity and reliability of A.I.-generated information and use it in their own arguments. As Plato predicted, it's not just about the "show of wisdom," but the reality as well."

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