Re:Princeton CS Prof: ChatGPT Is a Bullshit Generator (2022)
by xoac on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @06:18PM
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What if the thing you are supposed to be making is written communication in the form of a document, or a book, or a paragraph explaining why production was down? What if the goal of these things was to make a student literate?
Re:Princeton CS Prof: ChatGPT Is a Bullshit Generator (2022)
by picture on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @06:01PM
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Not all of us can be making new things and solving new problems, however..
Re:Princeton CS Prof: ChatGPT Is a Bullshit Generator (2022)
by juve1996 on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @09:02PM
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How exactly do you teach "Making new things, solving new problems."?
How can you solve a math problem if you can't do basic algebra, even if you can run an algebraic statement through wolfram and get a result?
You learn problem solving largely through solving already solved problems in life. They're new problems to the student, not the teacher.
The approach of evaluating students based on "text generation" is very boring to study for, easy to fool (a parent/guardian can do it, last year's students can pass you an A grade answer, ChatGPT can generate it) and doesn't prepare students for reality (making new things, solving new problems).