I think for every student thoughtfully using ChatGPT, there are a dozen who mindlessly dump homework in and copy the output verbatim.
I'm taking classes at a community college for fun, and it's frankly disturbing how reliant the 18-20 y/o crowd is on ChatGPT to do basic tasks. There's also so much unfounded trust in the output of LLMs. At least once per week, I've heard a student arguing with a tutor/professor because their ChatGPT generated homework was marked incorrect - they argue the answer key must be wrong.
I do think LLMs have a place in education, but right now I see them exacerbating existing problems in high school / college aged generations. There's a low tolerance for frustration and grappling with a new problem, or applying past learning to a new situation.
> I think for every student thoughtfully using ChatGPT, there are a dozen who mindlessly dump homework in and copy the output verbatim.
is it fair to say that this same argument applies universally for everything?
> I'm taking classes at a community college for fun, and it's frankly disturbing how reliant the 18-20 y/o crowd is on ChatGPT to do basic tasks
I understand where you are going with this but this tech is here and it is not going anywhere and it will be interwoven into every aspect of our lives - these are just facts. At work a year ago it was like few of us were playing around with it, now there is no one on the team that isn't using claude/cursor/copilot/chatgpt... and if we had someone that didn't fairly certain they would not last more than a few months. I think instead of fighting it you should embrace it. if you have unfounded trust (rightfully so) check and check and verify and check and verify. even with all that it is amazing piece of tech without which you will be at a disadvantage both in school as well as work as well as...
> I do think LLMs have a place in education, but right now I see them exacerbating existing problems in high school / college aged generations. There's a low tolerance for frustration and grappling with a new problem, or applying past learning to a new situation.
ohhhh 1000000% but we have to keep in mind that the tech is in its infancy and there will be growing pains...
I'm taking classes at a community college for fun, and it's frankly disturbing how reliant the 18-20 y/o crowd is on ChatGPT to do basic tasks. There's also so much unfounded trust in the output of LLMs. At least once per week, I've heard a student arguing with a tutor/professor because their ChatGPT generated homework was marked incorrect - they argue the answer key must be wrong.
I do think LLMs have a place in education, but right now I see them exacerbating existing problems in high school / college aged generations. There's a low tolerance for frustration and grappling with a new problem, or applying past learning to a new situation.