I think ChatGPT is a good tool for studying, similar to how saying things aloud/writing things out is a good tool for studying because it forces you to think, except with ChatGPT you can have a back and forth. Verifying the output for truth also seems like a good exercise for learning (as long as you don’t use ChatGPT to verify itself)
The issue I see is you need to have some base of critical thinking skills and general knowledge to work from in order to get the most out of ChatGPT and I doubt most students are at that level. I don’t even consider myself at that level. I assume the worst and students are just taking the output and rewording it.
If we collectively agree ChatGPT is here to stay, then maybe we ought to teach how to use it in a productive way that doesn’t dumb us down. I know this isn’t a well-defined thing though but probably it would be worth researching. We live under capitalism though so the odds of that happening are probably next to none, but I’m thinking about what we should do if ChatGPT existed under a different system.
Of course ChatGPT isn’t inherently evil. It’s a tool. The issue is that we, as a society, are nowhere close to the level of social progress that is required to use these tools in a way that doesn’t result in more advanced forms of oppression or ignorance.
For me, the problem isn’t even one of vagaries of social dynamics and use. The problem is that ChatGPT is ultimately just a more complex, more energy inefficient, search engine. That, on it’s own, isn’t evil, just stupid, but in the context of a global climate crisis driven by energy usage, it becomes evil. In this context, there is very much no discernable ethical use for this technology.
Perhaps under a clean energy economy, an argument could be made for it’s use, but even then, why? For what actual purpose does this serve other than as an intellectual exercise?
It definitely doesn’t warrant its cost and at this point just feels like a tech demo that no one can figure out how to monetize effectively. As well, the energy costs are just absurd for the purpose it serves.
I think ChatGPT is a good tool for studying, similar to how saying things aloud/writing things out is a good tool for studying because it forces you to think, except with ChatGPT you can have a back and forth. Verifying the output for truth also seems like a good exercise for learning (as long as you don’t use ChatGPT to verify itself)
The issue I see is you need to have some base of critical thinking skills and general knowledge to work from in order to get the most out of ChatGPT and I doubt most students are at that level. I don’t even consider myself at that level. I assume the worst and students are just taking the output and rewording it.
If we collectively agree ChatGPT is here to stay, then maybe we ought to teach how to use it in a productive way that doesn’t dumb us down. I know this isn’t a well-defined thing though but probably it would be worth researching. We live under capitalism though so the odds of that happening are probably next to none, but I’m thinking about what we should do if ChatGPT existed under a different system.
Of course ChatGPT isn’t inherently evil. It’s a tool. The issue is that we, as a society, are nowhere close to the level of social progress that is required to use these tools in a way that doesn’t result in more advanced forms of oppression or ignorance.
For me, the problem isn’t even one of vagaries of social dynamics and use. The problem is that ChatGPT is ultimately just a more complex, more energy inefficient, search engine. That, on it’s own, isn’t evil, just stupid, but in the context of a global climate crisis driven by energy usage, it becomes evil. In this context, there is very much no discernable ethical use for this technology.
Perhaps under a clean energy economy, an argument could be made for it’s use, but even then, why? For what actual purpose does this serve other than as an intellectual exercise?
It definitely doesn’t warrant its cost and at this point just feels like a tech demo that no one can figure out how to monetize effectively. As well, the energy costs are just absurd for the purpose it serves.