Should we let students use ChatGPT? | Natasha Berg | TEDxSioux Falls
Summary
TLDRThe transcript discusses the impact of AI, specifically OpenAI's chat GPT, on education. It highlights the concerns of educators about students' critical thinking skills in the face of AI's capabilities. The speaker suggests that instead of blocking AI, schools should embrace it, teaching students to use it responsibly and productively. They propose integrating AI into the curriculum to enhance learning through collaboration, project-based learning, and personalized tutoring. The transcript emphasizes the need for educators to adapt and redesign their teaching methods to prepare students for the evolving digital world.
Takeaways
- 🤖 AI programs like Chat GPT can generate essays and other written content, raising concerns about academic integrity.
- 📚 English teachers experienced an existential crisis upon witnessing AI's essay-writing capabilities.
- 🌐 Chat GPT has gained widespread attention, being featured on major news stations and Time magazine.
- 📈 Chat GPT is a large language model that improves its responses over time through neural pathway connections.
- 🔍 The AI can provide information, understand natural language, and generate creative responses.
- 🏥 Various industries, including healthcare and business, have started using AI for diverse applications.
- 🖼️ GPT-4, an upgrade from Chat GPT, can analyze images and web links, not just text.
- 🔍 Microsoft is integrating GPT-4 into Bing search engine and plans to incorporate it into Microsoft Office Suite.
- 🏫 Educators are grappling with the impact of AI on critical thinking and problem-solving skills in students.
- 🚫 Blocking AI in schools may not be effective, as students can access it outside of school-controlled devices.
- 📝 Educators should consider integrating AI into the curriculum to teach students how to use it safely and productively.
Q & A
What was the initial reaction of the English teachers to the AI program's ability to write an essay?
-The initial reaction was disbelief, as they couldn't believe that AI could write a quality essay.
How did the speaker test the AI program's capabilities?
-The speaker tested the AI program by using their laptop to observe it construct a well-written analysis essay in seconds.
What is a large language model?
-A large language model is a network of neural pathway connections that allows a program to learn and become more accurate in its responses over time.
What did Chat GPT say about its capabilities when asked?
-Chat GPT said it can provide information on a wide range of topics, understand and respond to natural language, generate creative and personalized responses, and learn from interactions to improve its language processing capabilities.
What was the significance of the release of GPT-4?
-GPT-4, released in March, can analyze images and web links, unlike Chat GPT which was restricted to text input only.
How has the AI technology been utilized by various industries since its public emergence?
-Doctors have used it to help diagnose patients, businesses for creating advertisements and blog posts, and individuals for tasks like writing thank you cards.
What concerns do educators have about AI in the classroom?
-Educators are concerned about students' declining abilities to think critically and problem-solve, and the potential for AI to do the thinking for them.
What does the author suggest as an alternative to blocking AI in schools?
-The author suggests teaching students how to interact with AI safely and productively, and integrating AI into the classroom to enhance learning experiences.
How can AI technology benefit teachers in their work?
-AI can save teachers hours of preparation time by helping with writing lesson plans, creating discussion prompts, and generating tests and quizzes.
What is the potential impact of AI on the future of education?
-AI is expected to transform the landscape of education, requiring educators to re-evaluate and redesign their curriculum to prepare students for the 21st-century workforce.
Why is it important for schools to adapt to AI technology?
-Adapting to AI technology is important to ensure that students are prepared to interact with the world around them using the technology available to them, and to avoid being left behind in the rapidly evolving digital landscape.
Outlines
🤖 Introduction to AI and Chat GPT
The speaker recounts a story of witnessing the power of AI, specifically Chat GPT, which can write essays in seconds. This AI, part of a large language model, has gained significant attention and has been featured in major news and Time magazine. The speaker explores the various applications of Chat GPT across different industries and everyday tasks, highlighting its ability to learn and improve over time. The release of GPT-4, an advanced version that can analyze images and web links, is also mentioned, along with its integration into platforms like Microsoft's Bing and Office Suite.
📚 AI's Impact on Education
The speaker discusses the transformative potential of AI in education, drawing parallels to the internet's impact. Educators are challenged to re-evaluate their teaching methods and curriculum in light of AI's capabilities. The speaker suggests that instead of blocking AI, schools should teach students how to use it safely and productively. The narrative includes examples of how AI could be integrated into classroom activities to enhance learning experiences and critical thinking skills.
🚀 Embracing AI in the Classroom
The speaker emphasizes the importance of adapting to AI technology in education. Teachers are encouraged to use AI to streamline their work, such as writing lesson plans and creating assessments. The speaker shares personal experiences of using AI to save time and adapt teaching materials. The potential benefits of AI for both students and teachers are highlighted, including personalized learning and making complex texts more accessible. The speaker calls for a balanced approach to AI in education, ensuring that it is used to prepare students for the 21st-century workforce.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Artificial Intelligence (AI)
💡Chat GPT
💡Large Language Model
💡Critical Thinking
💡Educational Transformation
💡GPT-4
💡AI in the Classroom
💡Reverse Psychology
💡Digitally Progressive World
💡Curriculum Reevaluation
Highlights
A teacher discovered a student cheating using AI chat GPT.
Chat GPT can construct an entire essay with a click of a button.
The initial reaction to AI's essay-writing capability was disbelief.
Chat GPT is a large language model with neural pathway connections.
Chat GPT can provide information on a wide range of topics and improve over time.
GPT4, released in March, can analyze images and web links.
Microsoft is using GPT4 to power Bing and plans to integrate it with Office Suite.
Google released their AI system Bard, indicating an AI arms race in tech.
Educators are concerned about AI's impact on students' critical thinking skills.
The appearance of AI tech forces us to confront what we value in education.
Educators must re-evaluate what and how they teach due to AI advancements.
Blocking AI in schools may not be effective as students can access it outside.
AI can be used for collaborative, project-based learning in the classroom.
AI can help students with writing, vocabulary, and individualized tutoring.
Teachers are using AI to write lesson plans and create assessments.
AI can adapt complex texts for different reading levels.
AI will become a staple in our everyday routines like smartphones.
Schools need to teach students how to use AI safely and effectively.
Educators and institutions must redesign their curriculum for the AI era.
Transcripts
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this past December I was sitting around
a table having lunch with some English
teachers when one of them started
sharing how she had recently caught a
student cheating on an essay using this
new form of artificial intelligence
called chat GPT
she watched in awe astonishment and a
bit of mild horror as this program
constructed an entire essay for the
student with a click of a button
the initial reaction around the table
was disbelief there's no way that AI can
write a quality essay
naturally curious I whipped out my
laptop to test it out
all of us watched in shock as this AI
program constructed a well-written
analysis essay right before our eyes in
a matter of seconds if you've ever
wondered how to induce an immediate
existential crisis amongst a group of
English teachers
yeah that's how
while there are dozens of text
generative AI programs out there
open ai's chat GPT which was released to
the public this past November is the
most well known
since its release chat GPT has been
featured on almost every major news
station and even made it to the cover of
Time magazine in February
this program caught the World by storm
because it was 10 times smarter than the
version that had come before it
chat GPT is what is known as a large
language model which is essentially a
network of neural pathway connections
that allows the program to learn and
become more accurate in its responses
over time
when I asked chat GPT what it wanted the
world to know about its capabilities
it responded
I can provide information on a wide
range of topics and understand and
respond to natural language I can also
generate creative and personalized
responses and learn from my interactions
to improve my language processing
capabilities over time
oh
is that all
right after its public emergence
companies and people around the world
began harnessing the immense power of
this technology doctors have used it to
help diagnose patients businesses began
using it to create advertisements and
blog posts and Joe schmoe has been using
it to help him write all those pesky
thank you cards from his wedding 14
months ago
and all of this is being done with the
click of a button
common applications like Snapchat
instacart
Duolingo and Quizlet have also begun to
integrate this technology into their
platforms
and then openai released gpt4 in March
which is the newest version of the
system that powers chat GPT
gpt4 unlike chat GPT can also analyze
images and web links instead of being
restricted to text input only
Microsoft began using gbt4 to power
their search engine Bing they also have
plans to integrate gpt4 with the
Microsoft Office Suite products soon
you'll be able to turn your boss's
20-page email into a comprehensive
PowerPoint presentation with a single
click
a couple of weeks after Microsoft
released their new search engine Google
released their AI system bard
and I'm sure it's only a matter of time
until we see artificial intelligence
Incorporated with the Google Suite
products as well
the tech world has entered an AI arms
race
but with such an explosive advancement
in technology seemingly overnight
Educators across the globe have entered
a state of panic of course there are the
typical concerns about AI taking over
the world courtesy of too many movies
and TV shows like Terminator and
Westworld
but for educators the concern lies more
with their students
post-pandemic Educators have noticed
severe declines in students ability to
think critically and problem solve at
the most basic levels but now with AI
able to do the thinking for them
educators are Awash in worry not merely
for their jobs but for the development
of their students
but as author and writing instructor
John Warner points out
the reason the appearance of this Tech
is so shocking is because it forces us
to confront what we value rather than
letting the status quo churn along
unexamined
there is no doubt that AI is going to
transform the landscape of Education as
we know it after all we've seen this
type of transformation before and for
most of us it happened within our
lifetimes the widespread proliferation
of the internet just a few decades ago
completely transformed how schools and
our global economy functioned isn't it
safe to assume that a new technological
leap might do the same
hard work of this leap is going to fall
to educators
generative AI systems will force
Educators and educational institutions
to re-evaluate what they teach and why
and how they teach it
do students really need to know how to
write a five paragraph rigorously
structured essay
or do they need to understand how to
approach a concept break it down and
organize it into bite-sized pieces
since the dawn of time teachers have
been posed to question by students when
will I use this in real life
well now is the time to come up with a
concrete answer to that question because
the truth is many of the assignments
given in the classroom really don't
prepare students for real life when are
students going to need to know how to
diagram a compound complex sentence
unless you end up an English teacher
Chances Are Never
if students feel as though what they are
learning in the classroom will benefit
them in the long run they will become
invested in the learning and won't be
looking for shortcuts to Simply get the
work done
but instead of embracing and learning
from this new technology
many schools across the country
responded to the public release of chat
GPT by immediately blocking it and other
AI applications on all School sanctioned
devices
but is it beneficial to restrict student
use of a technology that businesses
around the world are using or should we
instead teach our students how to
interact with AI safely and productively
anyone that has been around teenagers
for any length of time understands All
Too Well the implications of reverse
psychology even adults fall prey to this
trap if I tell you not to think of an
elephant like whatever you do don't
think about an elephant
yeah we're all thinking about an
elephant right now if you tell a teacher
a teenager not to do something you can
bet they'll be itching to try it out as
soon as your back is turned blocking
chat GPT and similar AI applications
won't work it will only make the
programs more intriguing for students
who wouldn't want to explore the secrets
this technology holds that has caused
such an adverse reaction amongst their
teachers
plus we can't control what students do
outside of their classrooms and school
buildings it's all too easy for students
to pull up this program on their phone
when they go to the bathroom or simply
access it on a different device when
they're completing their schoolwork at
home
and once Microsoft and Google integrate
this technology into their office suite
products unless we want to regress to
the pre-internet age of paper and pencil
we won't be able to avoid AI in the
classroom we will never be able to truly
and fully block it instead we have to
find ways to work with and around it
in order to implement effective use of
AI in the classroom teachers may need to
re-evaluate how they are teaching the
material and assessing student learning
What If instead of assigning worksheets
and essays we encouraged more
collaboration in the classroom
project-based and student directive
learning have always been my go-to's as
an educator
as an English teacher my students were
constantly creating posters and
participating in debates in order to
analyze various aspects of literary work
they would work on group projects and
presentations as their end of unit
assessment and we would use gameplay to
review material such as participating in
an escape room or a competitive game of
Jeopardy
even if my students were able to access
AI in my classroom it wouldn't have
provided them with much help beyond the
ability to be a sounding board for their
ideas
and what would be so wrong with that
I think most Educators would agree that
the goal of education is to help our
students learn how to think critically
and problem solve AI technology can be
incorporated into the classroom in ways
that actually engage students in
critical thinking math students could
create their own math problems and then
use AI to test the results
social studies students could use chat
GPT to write alternative realities to
history and then discuss the results as
a class
science students could use the chat bot
to adopt the voice of a famous scientist
and then engage in a stimulating
conversation about their discoveries
students can also utilize AI to help
edit their Writing Practice vocabulary
terms provide individualized tutoring
and edit their ideas and research
and these are just a few of the
unlimited applications from the student
perspective
but it also has abilities that can
benefit teachers
almost immediately after my school
blocked AI on all of our student devices
my co-workers began using it to help
them do their jobs more effectively
they use chat GPT to write lesson plans
come up with discussion prompts and
create tests and quizzes
and I actually used it to help me write
a final exam for my students a process
that normally takes me hours
took only 30 minutes with the assistance
of AI
not only does AI have the ability to
Save hours of preparation time for
teachers but it can also take a piece of
writing and adapt it in any way the user
asks which can help make learning and
reading more accessible to students of
all abilities
for example we could ask chat GPT to
take a complex text and transform it
into something a fourth grader could
read
or we could have it transform
Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet into a
modern day Telenovela
possibilities are only as limited as the
user's imagination
we are living in a digitally Progressive
world
shouldn't our schools reflect that
as Matt Miller from ditch that textbook
said
this version of chat GPT is the weakest
most rudimentary artificial intelligence
of its kind our students will ever use
if we are blocking technology in our
schools that are being used in
businesses across the country and around
the world we aren't adequately preparing
our students to enter the 21st century
Workforce
our students need to be trained how to
interact with the world around them via
the technology at their disposal and how
to do so safely
and who will teach them these skills if
teachers don't
but if we also need to give students the
benefit of the doubt just like Educators
do with other classroom technology
teachers can establish times to utilize
Ai and times to not
when one educator gave the option for
his students to use chat GPT on an
assignment
only four actually took him up on the
offer
many students are just as nervous as
their adult counterparts are about this
new technology they too worry about the
impact that it will have on their
ability to problem solve and become
functioning adults who are able to make
a positive contribution to the world
in fact
there are many students who don't know
about this new technology
of course this will change in the coming
months and years
but for now we have time
and we need to use this time to adapt
accordingly
just as the internet did before it AI is
going to weave its way into every facet
of Our Lives the process is already
started we're already carrying around
little AI machines in our pockets and
purses and while Chad GPT and gpt4 are
far more advanced than Siri or Alexa
they too will eventually become a staple
in our everyday routines
large language model generative AI is
going to change the landscape of the
world's economy and launch us into a new
era of Education
schools need to start teaching their
students how to use AI safely and
effectively and teachers need to begin
reevaluating and redesigning their
curriculum so that next year we're not
sitting around a table in shock as our
co-worker shares how they just caught a
student cheating using whatever form of
AI is coming next
thank you
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