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With the invention of the camera, artists could create images without learning how to draw or paint. Yet two centuries later, society continues to value hand-crafted illustrations and paintings as treasured art. There is meaning in brush strokes and expression in hard work. For similar reasons, ChatGPT won’t replace human essayists.
ChatGPT is extraordinary, but its responses are algorithmic. Already, plagiarism-detection services are adding features to detect AI-generated text. Educators may closely scrutinize students’ submitted work for signs of AI support, or conversely might embrace AI as a tool to assist students’ writing. But ultimately, ChatGPT won’t supplant educators’ focus on cultivating the writing abilities of their students.
Nor should ChatGPT supplant this focus. Even if the program’s responses were truly indistinguishable from a student’s, there is value in learning how to write. Individuals should trust their own ideas, not those collected and generated by a computer. Bold ideas are bold precisely because they are unconventional. They run counter to society’s accepted knowledge. Perhaps ChatGPT will have its impact on education by motivating educators to emphasize to their students the importance of self-determination.
—Ted Steinmeyer, Harvard University, J.D.
The New Google
The release of ChatGPT came at a serendipitous time, right when college students were studying for final exams or turning in final essays. I have seen the AI write love poems, give a detailed summary of an excerpt, write full sets of code, and even draw up a nondisclosure agreement.
These new tools might become the new Google. If the databases are constantly being updated with current news and information, as well as connected to the internet, we could use AI to learn and solve problems in daily life. When I went to look up an advanced organometallic chemistry topic, ChatGPT…
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