Should schools ban ChatGPT? đźš«

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August 07, 2023

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🎙 Daily Podcast Episode: The biggest question mark in education right now is the use of ChatGPT and other AI. Today we talk about whether or not it should be banned. Give it a listen.

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🧠 Leveraging AI 101: Here’s the thing. Students are using ChatGPT whether schools like it or not. But how does that affect you? Keep reading for that!

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Should Schools Ban ChatGPT? đźš«

It’s been the biggest question mark surrounding the future of education.

Should schools implement AI in learning? More specifically, should they ban ChatGPT?

It's a controversial topic that has people on opposite ends. Some schools have embraced it and others have removed it.

Today we take a look at how students are using ChatGPT and if it's helping or hurting them in learning.

Join the conversation and ask Jordan any questions about ChatGPT in schools here.

Also on the pod today:

• Why ChatGPT is underutilized by students 🧑‍🎓️
• Encouraging AI in schools 👏
• Preparing students for ChatGPT in the workforce 💼

It’ll be worth your 23 minutes:

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1. OpenAI's CEO Warns of AI's Influence in Elections 🗳️

Sam Altman, the big boss at OpenAI, is worried about what AI might do in future elections. In a tweet that's got the tech world buzzing, Altman expressed his nerves about AI's potential for "personalized 1:1 persuasion" and high-quality generated media, fearing it could become a powerful force in shaping public opinion.

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🤷‍♂️ What’s Going On and Why It Matters:

Spoiler alert: students are using ChatGPT to write their papers.

Another (not-so-secret) secret: schools and universities are grossly underprepared on how to deal with it.

In the US, students are already starting the trek back to school as the new school year is about to kick off.

Whether you’re in college, have a kid in school or are an educator, we think it’s worth your time to listen to today’s episode.

We tackle the elephant in the room: the education system is dropping the ball on dealing with ChatGPT and other large language models.

Is it even a problem? And how can we fix it?

Let’s open this book and dive in 📚

🦾How You Can Leverage:

There’s gotta be a simple solution, right?

Not really.

While some colleges are pushing and encouraging AI usage, many schools are outright banning ChatGPT and other AI models. Either way, academia at large is divided on the best ways to move forward.

So, what to do?

Here’s our 3-step blueprint 👇

1 – AI content detectors don’t work 🙅

Students will always find a way.

When ChatGPT first hit the scene, students were first to outsmart administrations by using ChatGPT. Along came a seemingly great solution — AI content detectors. The premise was simple: Enter in content and see if it was generated by a human, or by GPT or other AI.

Here’s the problem: they failed miserably. (And we’ve been warning against them for months on this show.)

Try this: If you’re relying on an AI content detector — stop! They don’t work consistently. A recent study showed that it only works about 25% of the time. In other words, content detectors are WRONG way more than they are right.

2 – Change your mindset on AI 🧠

AI is the future. Whether you like that or not.

Like we talked about in today’s episode — schools should be encouraging the use of AI and large language models. Why? Because that’s how the real world works, now. The fastest-growing and most innovative companies are already using AI and ChatGPT. If we want students to be prepared for an ever-changing workforce, we should be preparing them to work with AI and GPT models.

And like Nancy said, fighting AI is more time-consuming for the education system than using it.

Try this: Here’s some required listening. A few weeks back, we had an insightful conversation with Kelsey Behringer, CEO of Packback about leveraging AI in the classroom, and Jordan recently broke down the 101 around ChatGPT.

3 – Work AI into the classroom 📚

Brian said it best:

We agree. Schools should stop fighting against AI and GPT and just… teach it!

It may sound simple, but we understand there’s plenty of gray area with the best ways to integrate AI into the classroom. We’ve said since Day 1 that using AI in the classroom is a lot like using the Internet. You wouldn’t block students from using the internet while researching or writing about a topic, so why would we block students from using AI or ChatGPT?

Try this: Whether you’re a student, a parent, or a teacher, you should be advocating for AI and GPT in the classrooms. Where do you start? Don’t worry, we’ve already thought of this. Hit us with a reply and ask for our 8-week or 10-week lesson plan on integrating AI into the classroom.

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