In New York, it was forbidden to use ChatGPT in schools due to the inability to distinguish the text written by the chatbot from the works written by real students
ChatGPT — a new OpenAI chatbot that generates text remarkably similar to human writing — is now banned from use in New York public schools due to “concerns about the negative impact on learning.”
The New York Department of Education has banned ChatGPT, a chatbot that uses machine learning to generate realistic text, for “security and accuracy” reasons.
As reported by Chalkbeat New York, the ban will apply to devices and internet networks owned by the Department of Education. Individual schools can request access to ChatGPT for the purpose of learning about artificial intelligence and technology-related learning, a department spokesperson said.
“Due to concerns about the negative impact on student learning, as well as concerns about the security and accuracy of the content, access to ChatGPT is restricted on New York Public Schools networks and devices,” Department of Education spokeswoman Jenna Lyle told Motherboard in a statement. “While this tool may provide quick and easy answers to questions, it does not build the critical thinking and problem-solving skills that are essential for academic and lifelong success.”
OpenAI released ChatGPT in November 2022. Since then, it has caused a lot of buzz, debate and fearmongering about the continued growth of artificial intelligence systems in the creative industries. In reality, the chatbot is not that smart. In December, Stack Overflow banned him for consistently giving incorrect answers to programming questions. Even OpenAI CEO Sam Altman doesn’t think it’s that good; last month he tweeted that “ChatGPT is incredibly limited, but good enough at some things to give a false impression of greatness” and that “it’s a mistake to rely on it for anything important right now.”
ChatGPT is incredibly limited, but good enough at some things to create a misleading impression of greatness.
it's a mistake to be relying on it for anything important right now. it’s a preview of progress; we have lots of work to do on robustness and truthfulness.
— Sam Altman (@sama) December 11, 2022
Meanwhile, according to the Washington Post, some teachers are “almost in a panic” about technology that allows students to cheat. The New York Times recently showed writers and teachers samples of ChatGPT writing next to student writing, and none of them could reliably distinguish between the bot’s writing and the writing of a real student.
When I asked ChatGPT what he thought about the ban, he gave an unbiased answer: “It is important to consider the potential risks and benefits of using ChatGPT in education and carefully weigh the evidence before making a decision. It is also important to listen to the perspectives and concerns of all stakeholders, including teachers, students and parents, in order to make informed and fair decisions.” Amazing answer. Truth?
In particular, the new AI tool from OpenAI can be used as a potential new model for online search: the chatbot easily answers complex questions, immediately giving detailed answers. Users looking for information on Google, on the other hand, have to scan the pages with results in detail until they find the option they need. Microsoft has already decided to take advantage of the chatbot, and plans to launch a version of its Bing search engine in March 2023 that will use ChatGPT to provide answers.
Also, ChatGPT began to be used massively for writing texts instead of copywriters. This makes creating texts for websites much cheaper and faster. But is it better? Let’s see. The future is approaching very fast, and fantasy will soon become reality. And some will lose their jobs…
