As presented on November 28, 2023 at the Christa McAuliffe Technology Conference. Please email me with any comments, questions, or suggestions. Maureen Yoder myoder@lesley.edu
1. 8:30 AM – 9:20 AM
Dr. Maureen Yoder
myoder@lesley.edu
ChatGPT and AI:
Ban it? No.
Detect it? Maybe.
Embrace it? Yes!
Tuesday, November 28, 2023
Room: Webster
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2. Should it be banned?
What is Chat GPT and how does it work?
Timeline
Why are educators concerned?
3. How can we teach with it and
explore its benefits?
The skill of framing good questions
Can it be detected?
About Cheating
6. Launched as a prototype on November 30, 2022
Provides detailed responses and articulate answers
across many domains of knowledge.
Uneven factual accuracy was identified as a
significant drawback.
ChatGPT
(Generative Pre-trained Transformer)
Altman began as a part-time partner at Y Combinator in 2011.
Y Combinator helped get Airbnb and Dropbox started.
14. Bitcoin like shiny stone. Not stone you hold, but stone in air. It's not real stone, but everyone want it!
No see, no touch, but lots of people say it worth many mammoth skins. It
live in big cave called blockchain, where many eyes watch to make sure
no one take shiny stone they don't own. People mine for shiny stone using strong club and
big thinky brain. When find shiny stone, they get some for themselves. No one know who make shiny stone, but
they say name Satoshi Nakamoto. Many tribes trade with shiny stone, say it future of
trading. But some say it just big shiny bubble, might go boom like
volcano.
16. Access during peak times
Faster responses
Access to GPT-4
Understands both text and images
Access to third-party plugins
As of September 1st, 2023, the GPT-4 model and
plugins usage is capped at 50 messages every three
OpenAI premium version
ChatGPT Plus
19. “We are excited to introduce ChatGPT to get users’
feedback and learn about its strengths and
weaknesses. During the research preview, usage of
ChatGPT is free. Try it now at chat.openai.com.”
chat.openai.com
November, 2022
22. https://hbr.org/2022/12/chatgpt-is-a-tipping-point-for-ai
Less than two weeks ago, OpenAI released ChatGPT, a
powerful new chatbot that can communicate in plain
English using an updated version of its AI system. … It’s
genuinely useful for a wide range of tasks, from creating
software to generating business ideas to writing a
wedding toast. While previous generations of the
system could technically do these things, the quality of
the outputs was much lower than that produced by an
average human.
The new model is much better,
often startlingly so.
December 14, 2022
24. .
NBC: University of Pennsylvania
Wharton School https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7h2l6QlXfw
Link to entire video:
1 min. 23 sec.
25. January, 2023
OpenAI’s new chatbot is
raising fears of cheating
on homework, but its
potential as an
educational tool outweighs
its risks.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/12/technology/chatgpt-schools-teachers.html
January 12, 2023
27. https://www.axios.com/2023/02/01/chatgpt-ai-detection-tools
February 1, 2023
The rise of generative AI tools is creating a parallel
demand for a new class of systems that can help
distinguish AI-generated text and images from those
created by humans.
Why it matters: Educators, in particular, are concerned about students
turning in work created by an AI system. But experts are also worried about
how generative AI can create a flood of misinformation and impersonation.
Detection tools, if they can be made sufficiently accurate, could help.
29. https://library.sacredheart.edu/c.php?g=1301138&p=9560557
As you explore available A.I. detection tools, please be aware that they
do NOT have perfect detection capabilities. Their varying effectiveness
may also wane over time as ChatGPT and other chatbots continue to
improve and "train" through updates and usage. If you choose to utilize
these detectors, it's recommended that you do NOT use them as a
primary strategy for adapting to A.I. use amongst students.
The detection tools can have sizable rates of
false positives and negatives.
32. Perhaps Google's most anticipated and noteworthy foray into AI is its
chatbot, Bard. The company presently calls it an experiment, in part to
do more internal testing.
Unlike Google search, Google says Bard does not look for answers on
the Internet. Instead, it relies on a self-contained and mostly self-taught
program.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-googles-dont-be-evil-motto-has-evolved-for-ai-age-60-minutes-2023-04-16/
33. Sundar Pichai
Google CEO
1 min. 3 sec. https://www.cbs.com/shows/video/OhGyPf1sEEvxo_VWlRJS8RaHGFnVR97Z/
https://www.cbs.com/shows/video/3poad_6wdpnZ3CzLZJEa5uNQqEyTGRIt/
Link to entire video:
Related video:
37. Link to entire video:
59 sec. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sif9iERS2Ng
38. “On April 8, Geoffrey Hinton announced
that he had resigned from his position as
Google’s vice president of engineering.
According to an interview he gave to The
New York Times, he now wants to dedicate
himself to warning the world about the
dark side of artificial intelligence.”
https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2023-05-12/geoffrey-hinton-we-need-to-find-a-way-to-control-artificial-intelligence-before-its-too-late.html
May 12, 2023
41. .
New York City Public Schools
Chancellor David Banks,
pictured June 27 in New York,
wrote in an op-ed published
Thursday that "students are
participating in and will work
in a world where
understanding generative AI
is crucial."
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/chatgpt-ban-dropped-new-york-city-public-schools-
June 27, 2023
43. https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/25/tech/openai-ai-detection-tool/index.html
Less than six months after ChatGPT-creator OpenAI unveiled an
AI detection tool with the potential to help teachers and other
professionals detect AI generated work, the company has pulled
the feature.
OpenAI quietly shut down the tool last week citing a “low rate of
accuracy”
49. The risks potentially associated with
artificial intelligence have been frequently
highlighted, along with fears that AI has
the potential to become more intelligent
than any human.
Companies like OpenAI have been actively
developing new AI technologies in recent
years, which has in turn sparked further
concerns.
54. Mira Murati . . . already leads the
company’s research, product, and safety
functions. Given her long tenure and
close engagement with all aspects of the
company, . . .the board believes she is
uniquely qualified for the role and
anticipates a seamless transition while it
conducts a formal search for a
permanent CEO.
https://openai.com/blog/openai-announces-leadership-transition
Friday, November 17,
2023
66. 72% of respondents said
their biggest concern about
generative AI is the potential
for more plagiarism and
cheating
67. .
A Promethean Moment . . . will change:
“how you create, how you compete,
how you collaborate, how you work, how
you learn, how you govern and, yes, how
you cheat, commit crimes and fight wars.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/21/opinion/artificial-intelligence-chatgpt.html
70. https://www.edweek.org/technology/permission-slips-to-use-chatgpt-some-schools-say-theyre-necessary/2023/11
School districts that had previously banned ChatGPT—
including New York City, the nation’s largest—are now
puzzling through how to use the tool to help students
better understand the benefits and limitations of AI.
“Allowing ChatGPT to collect information from students that is then
used to develop the tool itself would appear to run up against the
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (better known as
FERPA), which prohibits the collection or analysis of identifiable
student data for purposes other than education. . .”
71. No matter students’ age, the best thing for educators to do
“from an actual safety perspective and well-being
perspective is to also teach kids how to limit or minimize
the amount of personal information that they’re putting into
the service.”
a nonprofit that works on child and student data privacy issues.
Amelia Vance, President
72. Schools should advise students to “turn off their history,” a
feature that ChatGPT added in the spring that allows users’
to ask questions without the conversation being later used
as training data for the tool.
a nonprofit that works on child and student data privacy issues.
Amelia Vance, President
73. “Students should also be cautioned not to input essays
about personal trauma, or even information as simple as
the name of their school, their age, where they live, or their
birthdate”
a nonprofit that works on child and student data privacy issues.
Amelia Vance, President
80. .
https://www.bestcolleges.com/news/schools-colleges-banned-chat-gpt-similar-ai-tools/
The most notable K-12 school districts to ban ChatGPT include
the New York City Public Schools (NYCPS) and the Los Angeles
Unified School District.
NYCPS cited negative impacts on content safety and accuracy.
"While the tool may be able to provide quick and easy answers to
questions, it does not build critical-thinking and problem-solving
skills, which are essential for academic and lifelong success," an
NYCPS spokesperson told Chalkbeat New York.”
83. https://www.edweek.org/technology/sal-khan-to-schools-dont-ban-chatgpt/2023/02
The one mitigation, which isn’t a bad idea, is to have
students do more writing in class periods, in front of you.
The best writing classes are the ones where it’s like a real
writer’s workshop, and kids are writing all the time. And the
teacher and peers are giving each other feedback.
The other one is to just openly embrace it. This is the
future. I’ve told all our employees if you do any form of
writing, and you’re not at least trying to use a large
language model, you’re probably not efficient at this point.
87. https://www.edsurge.com/news/2022-12-21-can-anti-plagiarism-tools-detect-when-ai-chatbots-write-student-essays
. . . the makers of TurnItIn, a plagiarism detection tool, aren’t breaking a sweat.
“We’re confident that . . . detection is possible,” says Eric Wang, vice president of
AI.
Plagiarism is evolving, but it can still be sussed out. Unlike human writing, which
tends to be idiosyncratic, machine writing is designed to use high-probability words.
It just lacks that human touch.
Essays written by chatbots are incredibly predictable. The words the machine writes
are words that you expect, where you’d expect them. This leaves a “statistical
artifact” that you can test for. The company says it’ll be able to help educators catch
some of the cheats using algorithmic tools . . . sometime next year.
88. https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/career-advice/teaching/2023/10/18/faculty-should-know-tools-students-use-beat-ai-detection
“Students have been using text spinners—also called rewriter or
paraphrase tools—for years as a means of avoiding automated
plagiarism detection.”
“While those tools once primarily replaced key words with synonyms—a process Chris
Sadler dubbed “Rogeting” - now they also restructure sentences, making the source of
the original text more difficult to pinpoint.”
“We urge caution and reflection about the use of AI text detection tools. Any use of
them should consider their flaws and the possible effect of false accusations on
students, including negative effects that may disproportionately affect marginalized
groups.”
Modern Language Association and the Conference on College Composition and Communication (MLA-CCCC)
93. “The humanity required to navigate intimate human relationships is not
something AI will ever be able to replace. We, as a society, may choose
to learn this piece the hard way, but as with everything, that depends on
us.”
“Perhaps all questions centered on AI are inherently questions of ethics,
and at the forefront of many teachers’ minds is cheating and plagiarism.”
https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-tackle-ai-and-cheating-in-schools-classroom/
Students do not learn from curricular content, they learn from people.
Students do not build trust and rapport with curriculum. Curriculum
cannot act as role models, but teachers can.
97. Fri 23 Jun 2023
"He did ask ChatGPT whether one of the cases
was real but was happy enough when ChatGPT
said yes.”
"In fact, ChatGPT told him that they could
all be found on reputable databases, and
he didn't do any checking outside of the
ChatGPT conversation to confirm the
cases were real.”
Professor Lyria Bennett Moses
tells ABC RN's Law Report.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-24/us-lawyer-uses-chatgpt-to-research-case-with-embarrassing-result/102490068
98. After reading a few lines of one of the
fake cases aloud, Judge P. Kevin Castel
asked: "Can we agree that's legal
gibberish?"
"Schwartz stated, 'I just never could imagine that ChatGPT
would fabricate cases.'
"ChatGPT has no truth filter at all. It's not a search engine.
It's a text generator working on a probabilistic model. So, as
another lawyer at the firm pointed out, it was a case of
ignorance and carelessness, rather than bad faith."
Schwartz's lack of due diligence has caused him great embarrassment,
particularly as his hearing has drawn worldwide attention.
99.
100.
101.
102.
103. How can we teach with it and
explore its benefits?
105. https://www.canyonsdistrict.org/general-news/chat-gpt-and-the-ai-craze-how-to-manage-artificial-intelligence-in-education/
“This will be part of the future our students will be a part of,” Stewart says,
“so we want to prepare them for that world and possibly give them a leg up
in that innovation sphere.”
“Sit down and have those conversations, ask what
they know about AI and how they’re seeing it be
used. Talk to them about appropriate uses . . .
and get them thinking about possibilities of
integrating it into their future life.”
‘If you’re hearing about it, your child heard about it two weeks ago’”
108. .
NBC: University of Pennsylvania
Wharton School https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7h2l6QlXfw
Link to entire video:
20 seconds
109. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/12/technology/chatgpt-schools-teachers.html
OpenAI’s new chatbot is raising fears of cheating on
homework, but its potential as an educational tool
outweighs its risks. “I believe schools should
thoughtfully embrace ChatGPT
as a teaching aid — one that
could unlock student creativity,
offer personalized tutoring, and
better prepare students to work
alongside A.I. systems as adults.”
110. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/12/technology/chatgpt-schools-teachers.html
“Creating outlines is just one of the
many ways that ChatGPT could be
used in class. It could write
personalized lesson plans for each
student (“explain Newton’s laws of
motion to a visual-spatial learner”)
and generate ideas for classroom
activities (“write a script for a ‘Friends’
episode that takes place at the
Constitutional Convention”).
111. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/12/technology/chatgpt-schools-teachers.html
“It could serve as an after-hours tutor
(“explain the Doppler effect, using
language an eighth grader could
understand”) or a debate sparring partner
(“convince me that animal testing should
be banned”). It could be used as a starting
point for in-class exercises, or a tool for
English language learners to improve their
basic writing skills. (The teaching blog
Ditch That Textbook has a long list of
possible classroom uses for ChatGPT.)
113. “Students cannot demonstrate higher order
thinking skills, problem solving, analysis and
creativity with mere factual recall.”
https://www.iste.org/explore/artificial-intelligence/chatgpt-ban-it-no-embrace-it-yes?_ga=2.63112367.1001076268.1680123388-399185240.1680123388
115. https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/opinion-chatgpt-teachers-weigh-in-on-how-to-manage-the-new-ai-chatbot/2023/01
“Much as math teachers struggle to get students to see
the value in learning how to do long division when a
calculator can do it for them, or language teachers
struggle to get students to see the value in working
through their own translations when an online translator
can do it in seconds, we’re going to have to work to get
students to see the value in writing as a process rather
than a product.” Gina Parnaby, 12th grade English Teacher
124. https://www.edweek.org/technology/sal-khan-to-schools-dont-ban-chatgpt/2023/02
What is a prompt engineer? There’s no degree for a prompt
engineer right now. It’s just someone who really knows large
language models like ChatGPT. If New York City’s ban were
effective, you’re essentially keeping kids from this
transformation of technology, which isn’t just going to be for
prompt engineers.
It’s going to be for any job that probably anybody is going to
do for the rest of time.
The same week that New York City public schools
banned ChatGPT, Anthropic, an AI safety and research
company, posted a prompt engineer job paying
$275,000 a year.”
125. https://www.weareteachers.com/chatgpt-for-teachers/
“You and your students need to learn
the right way to use it. But once you
do, AI tech like ChatGPT really can
work for teachers. Read on to learn
important dos and don’ts of using
ChatGPT, plus our favorite ways
teachers can use it as a teaching tool
in the classroom.
138. “Imagine Magellan and Glenn discussing the shape
of the world and issues of fund raising, risk taking,
and potential celebrity”.
139. We faced a group of natives who killed me with a poisoned
arrow in my foot and a spear through my heart. After I died,
my crew burned my ship. My body was left behind. Out of
the five ships that began the journey, only one ship [The
Victoria] made the voyage around the world. Out of 250
men, only 18 survived… I was not one of them.
What one student wrote:
The End of My Days
I never made it to the Spice Islands. I was
caught in a war in the Philippine islands.
141. An example of a constructivist lesson:
Your students would research a topic,
or person, write a script, and conduct
an interview. Here is an example of a
podcast, or audio recording.
145. Here is another example.
Many people do not realize that he could be
sarcastic and that it was his follower, Plato,
who wrote down most of his teachings. This
time the final product is a video recording.
The great philosopher Socrates
was the topic of the research for
this project.
147. Socrates
• I encourage participants to reflect and think
independently and critically
• My method is practiced in small groups with
the help of a facilitator
• It involves reaching a consensus, not as an
aim in itself, but as a means to deepen the
investigation.
151. Learn about AI – teach your students about it
Analyze its responses with your students
Experiment with different prompts
Fact check, compare different AI tools
LEARN
Revitalize your media literacy curriculum
152. Stress ethical behavior, value honesty,
model integrity and a love of learning
encourage setting goals and the
learning that will lead to accomplishing them
Provide examples –
Model healthy, safe, productive uses
Emphasize process, multiple drafts, peer editing,
creativity, original product
BEHAVE
160. 8:30 AM – 9:20 AM
Dr. Maureen Yoder
myoder@lesley.edu
Tuesday, November 28, 2023
Room: Webster
AI and ChatGPT:
Ban it? No.
Detect it? Maybe.
Embrace it? Yes!
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