Adjusting to Generative AI in Education Means Getting to the Roots
But now that this technology is in the world, and will be widely available, we must think about what high school English should look like going forward. I’ve been thinking about these things for years, so I have a head start on others, but let me be clear ChatGPT has not created a problem that wasn’t already present.
John Warner • ChatGPT Can't Kill Anything Worth Preserving
Deep down, this is a question about what we value, in what we read, what we write, and unfortunately, we have attached a set of values to student writing that are disconnected from anything we actually value about what we read, and what we write.
Along with many others, I’ve been shouting about these problems for years, often into what felt like a... See more
Along with many others, I’ve been shouting about these problems for years, often into what felt like a... See more
John Warner • ChatGPT Can't Kill Anything Worth Preserving
Another good read: Ted Chiang on why Ai isn’t going to make great art, for The New Yorker . I rather liked this analogy:
As the linguist Emily M. Bender has noted, teachers don’t ask students to write essays because the world needs more student essays. The point of writing essays is to strengthen students’ critical-thinking skills; in the same way... See more