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Re:OpenAI's employees were given two explanations for why Sa... by VBprogrammer on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @06:06AM (#38362079)
> - It has been used to distort educational attainment and undermine the current basis of some credentials as a result.

I'm going to go ahead and call this a positive. If the means for measuring ability in some fields is beaten by a stochastic parrot then these fields need to adapt their methods so that testing measures understanding in a variety of ways.

I'm only slightly bitter because I was always rubbish at long form essays. Thankfully in CS these were mostly an afterthought.

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Re:OpenAI's employees were given two explanations for why Sa... by zztop44 on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @08:15AM (#38363218)
What if the credentials in question are a high school certificate? ChatGPT has certainly made life more difficult for high school and middle school teachers.
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Re:OpenAI's employees were given two explanations for why Sa... by VBprogrammer on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @08:57AM (#38363641)
In which ways it it more difficult? Presumably a high school certificate encompasses more than just writing long form essays? You presumably have to show an understanding in worked examples in maths, physics, chemistry, biology etc?

I feel like the invention of calculators probably came with the same worries about how kids would ever learn to count.

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