So I'm writing a paper about how I think my #college should handle #AI policy concerning
#OpenAI #ChatGPT #dalle2 #jasperai #novelai #grammerly
#stablediffusion #midjourney
and similar gen models.
What do you think a school policy should be?
One of my professors included in her syllabus a rule that AI is okay to use BUT it must be cited, along with the prompt, result, what was learned, and output must be reworked/paraphrased/summarized but cannot be used "as is" and no quoting AI, because AI cannot author (and we don't know the training sources)
What are your thoughts on this? And what are your thoughts on what a school policy should be? Many schools are trying to block the models.
@tonic Thanks for your feedback. I'll certainly give that some thought. There are some really fascinating and powerful apps out there both paid and free, and also some that are more trouble than useful entirely.
@omi There's a reason graphing calculators are allowed in certain math courses, but not in others (or at least I hope there is).
I'd think the same would roughly apply to AI tools.
They should be verboten in english/writing classes, but generally acceptable elsewhere.
We all know how badly the AIs are about fudging facts, so any students that rely on them in their entirety are sure to slip up quickly.
The real question is, should non-English courses be grading on the quality of the English in the papers they assign? Because if they do, then ChatGPT can provide an unfair advantage to students who use it (it's pretty good at mimicking good structure for an essay, and extremely helpful for ESL students). So, that type of grading may need a re-think for the modern times if AIs are allowed to be used as a tool for writing.
I suppose another good question is: Do you want to teach the kids to rely on these tools, or to rely on themselves?
There's a lot of benefit to the latter, but professional adults rely on calculators with no shame on a daily basis, so 🤷♂️
@LouisIngenthron Thanks for your feedback and thanks for the insights. What we teach students to rely on certainly is a great (and deeper) question, especially with technology moving so fast and companies even being more tool dependent these days.
@omi interesting, i havent digested everything yet, but my hot take is that it would eventually be good to restrict which apps are used aswell , for various reasons , something to think about for next year perhaps 🙂