Previously, students could use cutlets to cheat and cheat on exams. Now they can ask the Artificial intelligence (IA) to do it for them. That is why the education department of NY will prohibit access to ChatGPTa system that answers all kinds of questions, for fear that it will be used to cheat and harm users students.
The authorities will block access to this popular chatbot on their devices and networks, although students will still be able to use AI on their own devices, be they mobile phones or laptops. A spokeswoman for the department, Jenna Lyle, explained this Wednesday to the Chalkbeat New York portal that this prohibition is due to the possible “negative impacts on student learning, and concerns regarding the security and accuracy of the content.”
This AI is capable of analyzing a huge volume of data that it extracts from the Internet to respond to user requests. Thus, you can summarize technical complexes such as quantum computing or physical laws in simple terms that everyone can understand. This possibility opens opportunities for students, who can turn to ChatGPT not only to copy in the examsbut also to carry out their duties or to find out. “While the tool can provide quick and easy answers to questions, it does not encourage critical thinking nor the ability to solve problems, which are essential for academic and life success,” added the spokeswoman.
misinformation danger
As we already pointed out in this journal, ChatGPT is fascinating with its ability to give creative responses simulating the human behaviorbut it has also aroused concern about the effects it may have, including the disinformation. And it is that this system is programmed to respond to user requests, imitate users and even to program computer code, but it also incurs errors that it presents as if they were a reality. That convincing tone may cause some users to “give themselves over to the oracle uncritically,” as he warned. David Casacovertaprofessor of logic and philosophy of science at the UAB.
ChatGPT was launched last November by OpenAIa company focused on popularizing AI and co-founded by tech mogul Elon Musk. Upon entering the application, the user is already warned that the system “may occasionally generate incorrect or misleading information.” Even so, in recent weeks information has appeared in the US media pointing to its growing use among students.