The growing number of students using the AI program ChatGPT as a shortcut in their coursework has led some college professors to reconsider their lesson plans for the upcoming fall semester.

College professors are going back to paper exams and handwritten essays to fight students using ChatGPT::The growing number of students using the AI program ChatGPT as a shortcut in their coursework has led some college professors to reconsider their lesson plans for the upcoming fall semester.

  • JTode@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Well, I suppose the education system gets the teachers it pays for…

    • jarfil@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Maybe. I like coming up with ways to explain things, but I don’t like children, so unless they pay me to host a YouTube channel… tough luck.

      • JTode@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        11 months ago

        And you think that teaching kids to use ChatGPT to figure out how to fix a broken fence gate, rather than, I dunno, teaching them Woodshop, is a good use of teachers’ time?

        • jarfil@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          11 months ago

          Which one do you think they’re more likely to have 24/7 in their pocket: an AI assistant on a smartphone, or a chisel?

          Even today, the number of people with a multi-tool or a screwdriver, are much fewer than those with a smartphone. Show them a flint and striker, and they look at you like some doomsday prepper nutjob.