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And there’s so much attention on “oh no, take-home assignments are impossible now” but if so, I see the education world adapting. Instead of writing an essay ab
by raldi 4y ago
And there’s so much attention on “oh no, take-home assignments are impossible now” but if so, I see the education world adapting. Instead of writing an essay about Napoleon, a bot will interview you like an oral exam — a far superior evaluation, but when done by humans there was just never enough to time in their day to do them regularly and for everyone. Instead of a homework assignment done behind closed doors and then tossed over the fence for the TA to grade, the bot pair programs with you and helps you through the places you’re getting stuck.
- meowkit 4y agoA wonderful outcome if that level of adaption occurs. I am more worried that the Luddite mentality will get these models banned in (primary school) educational settings.
- raldi 4y agoYeah, I could see a position of, “How will people express themselves if they don’t practice writing essays?” but I could see in five years the primary two ways of doing that becoming (1) Machine-assisted essay writing, and (2) People with ideas explaining them to an AI model through conversation, and then the model going out and explaining it en masse to others. Maybe even some of those others will challenge points or extend the ideas, and the tech can distill all this feedback and critique into a summary that they take back to the author.
- visarga 4y agoReminds me of the scene where young Spock was "training" in a multi-media capsule reciting facts and solutions like a drone.