Schools are teaching ChatGPT, so students aren't left behind | CNN Business
Schools are teaching ChatGPT, so students aren't left behind | CNN Business
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Schools are teaching ChatGPT, so students aren't left behind | CNN Business
When college administrator Lance Eaton created a working spreadsheet about the generative AI policies adopted by universities last spring, it was mostly filled with entries about how to ban tools like ChatGPT.
@readbeanicecream Don't forget, ChatGPT is not Open Source. My biggest fear is how the developers and owners of proprietary AI ChatGPT (and all tools using it's API) will control the "market".
I mean, we were all taught to use Macs in the classroom. That didn't stop my parents from having a Windows machine, and from me preferring Windows my entire life (except for maybe the first 2 years of computer instruction at school or so). Sure it's not OSS, but the skills are vastly transferrable & will serve you for the next couple decades until we have a new paradigm shift.
@RheingoldRiver Warning, a little bit longer reply.
It's not about the skills and if you like a system or not. It's being invested into an eco system. You only used it in the classroom to learn about basic computing. But if you have multiple Apple systems like phones and Macs which operate together and not that well with other systems, have lot of personal files and configuration that are tied to specific programs on your personal home system. Then you are less likely to switch. Windows. Lot of documents and photos or other files, and programs are often tied to programs available only on Windows or best used with. You might only know Windows programs and many people (after years of personal files and experience) are often not willing to learn new concepts and restart their organization.
But that's just an example. The actual thing I am talking is about ChatGPT and it's API. Many cool programs and websites are build to operate on ChatGPT and what it offers, through the programming interface it has. Developers get invested into this eco system and the users therefore too. It's not a simple replace an URL, they have to "reprogram" the backend to use an alternative system and it might even not offer all features of ChatGPT (through the API). Yes, a few people can switch easily, for simple programs. But most would hesitate unless it is horrendously broken.
Look how people don't even change from Chrome to any other browser, even if Google is clearly collecting data and wants to block specific plugins. Most don't care. And if it's too late, then it is too late just to change everyone. I don't want paint the end of the world, no, because I do not rely on it. I just try to explain my concerns.