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As a person using ChatGPT to write university assignments and essays myself, I wonder what is the problem with that? When I get an assignment "write 3000 words
by pelasaco 3y ago
As a person using ChatGPT to write university assignments and essays myself, I wonder what is the problem with that? When I get an assignment "write 3000 words about a subject" which actually can be resumed in 500 words, the whole introduction, and sections that are just there as fill-in, can really be speed-up with ChatGPT. Yes, you have to read it, check for plagiarism, add references, but i cannot see it as bad, if the meat, is written by me.
- thaw13579 3y agoCounterpoint, in the context of education, the goal of the assignment isn’t to produce the end product of a 3000 word essay, but to have you go through the associated process of formulating, organizing, and presenting your thoughts. LLMs give you the product, but not that process. Outside of school the product matters more though, so learning to use LLMs as a tool seems like a worthwhile part of education as well, as long as you learn enough about writing to prompt and judge the quality of its outputs.
- ghaff 3y agoYeah. A university paper assignment and a 1000 word article for the company blog seem like two totally different things even barring explicit policies. (Though I'd be surprised if a lot of universities didn't have policies by now.)
- pelasaco 3y agoI understand that, and I go through the process. Even though we know that " the goal of the assignment isn’t to produce the end product of a 3000 word essay", it doesn't change the fact that I have to produce a document with 3000 words that could be written and summarized in 1000. IMO, with such tools, we should maybe question if such "Write an essay with X words" still make sense.. I'm sure the (instructors, master and doctors) that do the review of 3000 word texts would welcome such change.