I confess myself a bit baffled by people who act like "how to interact with ChatGPT" is a useful classroom skill. It's not a word processor or a spreadsheet; it doesn't have documented, well-defined, reproducible behaviors. No, it's not remotely analogous to a calculator. Calculators are built to be *right*, not to sound convincing. It's a bullshit fountain. Stop acting like you're a waterbender making emotive shapes by expressing your will in the medium of liquid bullshit. The lesson one needs about a bullshit fountain is *not to swim in it*.
@bstacey I agree with what you're arguing for but I'm not sure I find the arguments convincing. As a counter, "Using search engine" *is* most definitely an important skill yet I wouldn't say it has a reproducible behavior (there are certain practices that help get good results but they don't guarantee it) or that it's built to be right since it all depends on its index that constantly changes and external websites that are largely unconfirmed sources or sometimes even babble.
