What is ChatGPT?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nIn November 2022, OpenAI<\/a> developed and made available an advanced chatbot, which is a natural language processing tool that uses artificial intelligence to provide human-like conversations and high-quality content. However, this chatbot was unlike its predecessors. The \u201cGPT\u201d stands for generative pre-trained transformer. ChatGPT uses both supervised learning as well as reinforcement learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"Three](\"https:\/\/nearpod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Three-students-with-laptop-one-raising-her-hand.png\")
<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nWhile generative AI focuses on generating output based on data gathered from a wide array of information available on the internet, it is the RLHF, or Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback, that adds the human-like component since human AI trainers modeled conversations of both the user and the AI assistants. Based on OpenAI\u2019s GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 language models, you can question ChatGPT to provide an answer, or complete specific tasks like generating content, say an essay or code. ChatGPT<\/a> is free to the public since OpenAI is still in the phase of collecting research and feedback on this tool, and there is a paid subscription model currently available, ChatGPT Plus.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhy are people worried about AI models?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nWith any new technology, people tend to worry. It\u2019s often a fear of the unknown. In the early 1900s, actress Mary Pickford stated, \u201cAdding sound to movies would be like putting lipstick on the Venus de Milo.\u201d In 1984, Columbia University Teachers College Research<\/a> questioned the role of computers in education, insinuating that computers were “bad.” Technology is changing at such a rapid pace that it can be hard to know what is the latest and greatest.<\/p>\n\n\n\nRichard Kurzweil\u2019s Law of Accelerating Returns theorizes that the rate of change is exponential\u2014instead of 100 years of progress in the 21st century, we probably will experience 20,000 years of progress. With ChatGPT being able to create content, the old fear of humans being replaced by robots has resurfaced. Some fear that their jobs will be replaced by artificial intelligence education. Others fear human intelligence may suffer since users can \u201ccheat\u201d to have answers provided or essays written for them. Plus, since ChatGPT does not provide sources, there\u2019s the threat of spreading misinformation. ChatGPT does not ask clarifying questions, so the AI-powered tool can provide content whose words may be in the right order and therefore be \u201cplausible-sounding\u201d but actually lack meaning, resulting in nonsensical or inaccurate text.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“My responses are not intended to be taken as fact, and I always encourage people to verify any information they receive from me or any other source.”<\/p>ChatGPT (ZDNET<\/a>)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nAdditionally, ChatGPT relies on internet-based information up to 2021, so it\u2019s not the most up-to-date in today\u2019s real-time data world. And since Chat GPT is one of the fastest-growing apps of all time, hitting 100 million in two months (for comparison, TikTik took nine months to accomplish the same feat), many, young and old, are concerned over the lack of oversight or protocol. As with all technology, will it be used as the creators intended?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What are examples of artificial intelligence in education?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nAs with tech in general, there is so much potential with new tools. ChatGPT helps generate solutions to problems, answers to questions, and suggestions to inquiries. In our always-on world, there\u2019s instant gratification in having information at your fingertips in real time, which optimizes efficiency, whether professionally or personally. Since Chat GPT culls the vast internet, it provides different perspectives, various points of view, and original ways to digest information, factual or subjective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What does AI technology, such as ChatGPT, mean for teachers and schools?<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nQuite simply? It\u2019s to be determined! Many schools and universities have proactively banned ChatGPT, while others cry that it\u2019s too reactive of a move. While cheating is always a concern in education, ChatGPT will continue to force us educators to think about our means of assessment. If AI can answer a question, is that the right question we should ask our students? Think back to the initial concerns over calculators in children’s hands\u2014seems almost laughable now, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
AI is reshaping the education landscape, with AI developers creating tools like large language models that assist in performing tasks. While AI doesn’t replicate the complexity of the human brain, its ability to efficiently manage routine tasks impacts the learning experience for both students and teachers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you haven\u2019t already, do listen to Sir Ken Robinson\u2019s TED Talk on changing education paradigms<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nWhile generative AI focuses on generating output based on data gathered from a wide array of information available on the internet, it is the RLHF, or Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback, that adds the human-like component since human AI trainers modeled conversations of both the user and the AI assistants. Based on OpenAI\u2019s GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 language models, you can question ChatGPT to provide an answer, or complete specific tasks like generating content, say an essay or code. ChatGPT<\/a> is free to the public since OpenAI is still in the phase of collecting research and feedback on this tool, and there is a paid subscription model currently available, ChatGPT Plus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With any new technology, people tend to worry. It\u2019s often a fear of the unknown. In the early 1900s, actress Mary Pickford stated, \u201cAdding sound to movies would be like putting lipstick on the Venus de Milo.\u201d In 1984, Columbia University Teachers College Research<\/a> questioned the role of computers in education, insinuating that computers were “bad.” Technology is changing at such a rapid pace that it can be hard to know what is the latest and greatest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Richard Kurzweil\u2019s Law of Accelerating Returns theorizes that the rate of change is exponential\u2014instead of 100 years of progress in the 21st century, we probably will experience 20,000 years of progress. With ChatGPT being able to create content, the old fear of humans being replaced by robots has resurfaced. Some fear that their jobs will be replaced by artificial intelligence education. Others fear human intelligence may suffer since users can \u201ccheat\u201d to have answers provided or essays written for them. Plus, since ChatGPT does not provide sources, there\u2019s the threat of spreading misinformation. ChatGPT does not ask clarifying questions, so the AI-powered tool can provide content whose words may be in the right order and therefore be \u201cplausible-sounding\u201d but actually lack meaning, resulting in nonsensical or inaccurate text.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “My responses are not intended to be taken as fact, and I always encourage people to verify any information they receive from me or any other source.”<\/p>ChatGPT (ZDNET<\/a>)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Additionally, ChatGPT relies on internet-based information up to 2021, so it\u2019s not the most up-to-date in today\u2019s real-time data world. And since Chat GPT is one of the fastest-growing apps of all time, hitting 100 million in two months (for comparison, TikTik took nine months to accomplish the same feat), many, young and old, are concerned over the lack of oversight or protocol. As with all technology, will it be used as the creators intended?<\/p>\n\n\n\n As with tech in general, there is so much potential with new tools. ChatGPT helps generate solutions to problems, answers to questions, and suggestions to inquiries. In our always-on world, there\u2019s instant gratification in having information at your fingertips in real time, which optimizes efficiency, whether professionally or personally. Since Chat GPT culls the vast internet, it provides different perspectives, various points of view, and original ways to digest information, factual or subjective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Quite simply? It\u2019s to be determined! Many schools and universities have proactively banned ChatGPT, while others cry that it\u2019s too reactive of a move. While cheating is always a concern in education, ChatGPT will continue to force us educators to think about our means of assessment. If AI can answer a question, is that the right question we should ask our students? Think back to the initial concerns over calculators in children’s hands\u2014seems almost laughable now, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n AI is reshaping the education landscape, with AI developers creating tools like large language models that assist in performing tasks. While AI doesn’t replicate the complexity of the human brain, its ability to efficiently manage routine tasks impacts the learning experience for both students and teachers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you haven\u2019t already, do listen to Sir Ken Robinson\u2019s TED Talk on changing education paradigms<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhy are people worried about AI models?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
What are examples of artificial intelligence in education?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
What does AI technology, such as ChatGPT, mean for teachers and schools?<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n