According to psychologist and writer Angela Duckworth, students who copy and paste chatgpt answers are doing damage to their assignments, especially because AI can really help students become better learners.
Duckworth suggested in a speech at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education that rather than not trusting AI, it is better to show children how to use it correctly, and made suggestions in a speech at the University of Pennsylvania School of Education on May 17. Both teachers and parents can show them how to ask about the full potential of technology by asking about AI models so that they can learn in detail - Learn in detail - and she tells their conclusions.
“Artificial intelligence isn’t always a crutch, it can be a coach,” said Duckworth, who studied neurobiology at Harvard and now teaches psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. "In my opinion, (chatgpt) has a hidden teaching superpower. It can lead by example."
She said Duckworth was skeptical about AI until she found herself plagued by a statistical concept and asked Chatgpt for help in order to save time. The chatbot gave her the definition of the concept, several examples and some common abuses.
To clarify, she asked the follow-up questions and demonstrated. After 10 minutes of using the technique, she got a clear understanding of Benjamini-Hochberg's program, "it was a very complex statistical procedure."
"AI helped me reach a certain level of understanding, far beyond what I could achieve," Duckworth said.
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Data show that state-of-the-art generative AI models suffer from hallucinations and inaccurate facts. - Meaning you should always double-check its factual claims and teach your child to do the same. The topic of billionaire entrepreneur and investor Mark Cuban should even find a way in school curriculum, and the same suggestion was made in New York magazine.
"The challenge is not that the kids are using it. The challenge is that the school is not adapting to its availability and that the kids are literate in using it," Cuba said.
Since AI tools do make mistakes, you may benefit directly by using them for tasks that don't involve the final product, Side Hustle Expert Kathy Kristof told CNBC Make Make Make Make. For example, you might ask a chatbot to create a bullet point outline for your next writing project, rather than asking it to write a final draft for you.
"While I still see AI making a lot of mistakes, picking up errors or outdated information, it seems unwise to create a first draft using AI that was then reviewed and edited by human intelligence," said Kristof, founder of the SideHusl.com blog.
A recent study conducted by a Duckworth PhD student followed participants (some of whom were allowed to use chatbots) as they practice writing cover letters. Research shows that when later asked to write a cover letter without any help, groups using AI generated stronger letters alone.
The study, published in January, has not been peer-reviewed.
"I watched over and over again as (chatgpt) shortened the thoughts of too long, shortened the unnecessary repetition and even reordering, so they were more logical," Duckworth said.
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