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this is a somewhat clickbaitified headline > That students instinctively employ high technology to avoid learning is "a sign that the educational system is fai
by dyno12345 4y ago
this is a somewhat clickbaitified headline
> That students instinctively employ high technology to avoid learning is "a sign that the educational system is failing." If it "has no appeal to students, doesn’t interest them, doesn’t challenge them, doesn’t make them want to learn, they’ll find ways out," just as he himself did when he borrowed a friend’s notes to pass a dull college chemistry class without attending it back in 1945.
- armchairhacker 4y ago> "For years there have been programs that have helped professors detect plagiarized essays,” Chomsky says. “Now it’s going to be more difficult, because it’s easier to plagiarize. But that’s about the only contribution to education that I can think of.” He does admit that ChatGPT-style systems “may have some value for something,” but “it’s not obvious what.” The headline makes it seem like Chomsky hates ChatGPT when he really just seems indecisive.
- sitkack 4y agoAnd enumerates the ways in which it could be disused. It is a nothing burger. It doesn't put Chomsky in a bad light at all.