Here’s a quick read about AI in the education system.
John Naugton writes for The Guardian, and here the focus is on tertiary education. Some interesting thoughts on why we needn’t panic, but how we will have to change, especially in the assessment arena.
Two quotes:
“AI is a ‘cultural technology’, like writing, print, libraries, internet search… a tool for human augmentation, not replacement. “
“Reliably detecting the output of generative AI systems without an embedded watermark is beyond the current state of the art, which is unlikely to change in a projectable timeframe.”
As is so often the case, the plentiful readers’ comments are fascinating, and include, of course, plenty of suggestions to go back to pen and paper and invigilators. I know a uni lecturer who’s moving to vivas/oral assessments next year.
Quote (not typical!):
“We have already lost at least two generations to the whims of the techno-capitalists, they can’t concentrate, they can’t read, they can’t write, they can’t draw, they can’t even look out the window and daydream.”
