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| Why do ChatGPT bots scare teachers? |
The development of artificial intelligence systems has brought new challenges to its deployment, the most important of which is the interactive chatbot (ChatGPT), of which OpenAI launched a trial a few weeks ago, attracting the attention of universities, research institutes and educators. and professors because it allows students to cheat massively without being detected.
The ChatGPT bot differs from all available interactive chat bots in that it maintains a fluent conversation with the user, providing written answers to difficult questions as if speaking to another human being and refusing to answer some inappropriate questions; For example: how to intimidate, burglary, etc.
ChatGPT bots cheats and classes:
Because of the hype around the ChatGPT bot, educators have started experimenting with the bot to understand the situations they face. While the bot's answers to academic questions weren't perfect, they were pretty close to what teachers expect of their students.
So teachers are wondering if their students can use ChatGPT to write reports, essays and coding exercises without their knowledge? How will the spread of these tools affect their academic performance?
Teachers often give students the task of writing an essay because in doing so they teach them many important skills, such as writing an essay.
Mara Curie, an English teacher at a Minnesota school, told The Washington Post that she has "discussed ChatGPT with her students so they understand how using the tool can affect their learning."
ChatGPT Beta reached 1 million users in just 5 days after launch, some users asked normal questions like: how to explain Santa Claus isn't real to 6 year olds, find new birthday party ideas, but some people walked away, others asked A question bot looks for problems in the code it writes, and others allow it to write a poem and write articles on various topics.
Therefore, for some students, the ChatGPT bot has become an artifact that helps them with their homework. One student told this paper, "He used ChatGPT twice for his homework." The idea came to him after How Powerful was published on November 30th.
The student said, "His homework included technical computer terms he didn't know. ChatGPT asked for it and got an answer almost immediately. He then manually wrote the answers on a homework sheet and gave it to the teacher."
Later that day, he used ChatGPT to help him write code for the teacher's homework problem. The student also said he plans to cheat using ChatGPT instead of Chegg, a homework help site he has used in the past.
The student also maintained that he was not afraid of being discovered because he did not trust the teacher to recognize his answers and decide that they were the result of his use of a computer program. As a result, when using artificial intelligence, teachers face an ethical dilemma that they must deal with.
Artificial intelligence and its moral hazard:
He developed the OpenAI chatbot ChatGPT, which uses a large-scale language model (GPT-3.5) for language prediction developed over many years, analyzes large amounts of Internet text and finds patterns through trial and error, and trains it, following to predict word-by-sentence. In many cases it can be distinguished from human text.
The initial development of the ChatGPT bot involved AI trainers giving a lecture, playing the roles of user and AI assistant. It also provides answers to regular users to make their answers more conversational. Many noted his ability to produce humorous or philosophical passages.
However, some of his answers were completely wrong or biased, and the content author admits that ChatGPT bot is not perfect and sometimes gives misleading answers.
Teachers believe ChatGPT bots and similar AI tools will improve over time, and so will students' knowledge of them. Some said teachers would look into the possibility of cheating and adjust their own ratings. For example, students will be asked to do their homework during class where they can read and some think how to write questions that require more thinking that will be easier. For robots, this is the challenge.
As a result, teachers will face great challenges and many teachers believe that learning to write can only succeed if students wrestle with ideas and turn them into sentences, as students start not knowing what they want to say and through that writing they find out.
"The writing process changes our knowledge," says Joshua Wilson, associate professor in the University of Delaware College of Education. These things are lost when we rely on bots to write for us.
In the words of David Thompson, associate professor of history at Saint Hart University in Connecticut, “The university’s department heads discussed how to deal with artificial intelligence and realized they needed to find ways to combat it.” "
He added, "In my experience with the bot (ChatGPT), I've found that it works well with many homework questions that arise, such complex questions as: How did Frederick Douglass make his arguments against slavery? The answer was much less convincing. Professors should teach the principles." that guide analytical thinking, he says.Problems, not just facts, must be studied.
Meanwhile, other professors see the potential benefits of this technological development, says Joshua Ayler, assistant professor at the University of Mississippi, “This moment can be likened to the calculator moment in the classroom because calculators have changed the way we do math.” It's a time to change the way we teach writing."
As educators ponder how to use new AI tools, some companies are pondering how to beat them:
Turnitin, which has developed widely used software to detect unoriginal content in academic papers by students and researchers to prevent plagiarism, is also exploring ways to detect material generated by artificial intelligence.
"Automated articles differ from student-written work in many ways because students write in their own way that ChatGPT content does not," company officials said.
"OpenAI should allow the public to search ChatGPT program code, because only then can scientists develop powerful cheat detection tools," said Sasha Lucione, a researcher at AI firm Hugging Face.
OpenAI itself is looking for a solution:
OpenAI researcher Scott Aronson said the company is exploring various ways to combat abuse, including using watermarks or providing tools to detect responses from ChatGPT bots.
Some users asked how feasible the watermark solution would be and whether it would be enough, and he (Aronson) replied: "We are still experimenting to find the best way to combat abuse, and there may be more possibilities."
Although the ChatGPT bot has its own solutions, when asked how to deal with the possibility of cheating, the bot gave several suggestions including: educating students about the consequences of cheating, providing supervision when solving an exam, complicating a problem or providing students with the support they need to even They do not see that they need to cheat.
Finally, the bot explained that it is important for the teacher to clearly communicate to the student their expectations for academic integrity and to take steps to prevent cheating. This step will help her create a culture of honesty and integrity in the classroom.
Why do we use artificial intelligence despite its ethical dilemmas?
The technological revolution is changing our lives at an alarming rate, dramatically changing the way we work, learn and the way we live together, and there is no doubt that artificial intelligence is undergoing an enormous stage of development during this time; Many new applications and tools are emerging in many areas including: security, environment, research, education, health, arts, and commerce.
Artificial intelligence promises to soon transform many jobs that people do. So, the right way to use these technologies is to learn how to use them to improve human beings.
Artificial intelligence will lead to a new form of human civilization, so it must be ensured that it develops through an approach based on human values, because the artificial intelligence revolution opens up new horizons for human civilization, but the ethical dilemma that comes with it requires careful consideration.