Over the years, I have been writing about misconceptions regarding the schooling process. The purpose of these posts is to explain why I disagree with various comments that I have heard people make about schooling. These are meant as personal thoughts rather than conclusive proof, and I will admit that I'm not always the best at explaining my thoughts. Regardless, I have decided that I should be willing to share these posts when I encounter someone online who makes an argument that I have already discussed.
When ChatGPT took off, numerous people expressed concerns about the implications of the software. A common concern expressed was that students would cheat. If students are using ChatGPT to cheat, what does that say about our approach to education?
In a society that truly values education, what's the purpose of cheating? Cheating will not help your education. You would only be cheating yourself.
We don't live in a society that values education. We live in a society that values academic credentials. I can understand cheating for credentials. If cheating through these chat bots is concerning, that shows that our priorities are seriously messed up.
If software such as ChatGPT can do what we need to do, is it even wrong to learn how to use it? We're not going to use this software to make our lives more difficult. We use it to make life simpler. Why is it such a bad idea for people to learn to use software that does a job more efficiently than you can? Of course, this might need to wait. My experiences with these programs so far have been unimpressive.
Learning how to use these tools is not a threat to education. If you truly care about education, cheating is not a threat. The only real issue here is if we are diminishing education in favor of credentials. This is happening. That said, it's still inaccurate to say this software is a threat to education.
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