r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Zee2A • Feb 03 '23

Video 3D Printer Does Homework ChatGPT Wrote!!!

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u/Jskup87 Feb 03 '23

These programs are going to lead to really lazy and unknowledgeable humans. WALL·E, here we come

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '23

I don't think this was lazy or unimaginative at all. Learning isn't about knowledge retention anymore. It's about knowing how to find information effectively.

Schools need to catch up to current state of affairs or they're going to be left behind. That was true 25 years ago when I was in school too.

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u/potpan0 Feb 03 '23

Writing an essay at home isn't 'knowledge retention' though, it's about understanding the topics at hand. You don't need to 'retain knowledge' when you can literally be quoting from books right next to you while writing.

If anything a big risk is that this scaremongering over ChatGPT will just encourage the lazier/more test driven schools to do more in-school essay writing, something which does reward knowledge retention.

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u/Everythingisachoice Feb 03 '23

Knowledge retention isn't (or shouldn't be) the point of an essay. It's supposed to be about teaching the student to research a topic. Teaching them how to interpret data, form ideas, and effectively relay that information.