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We now live in an era where AI is developing so fast that it has spun some controversy. One of the controversy is the usage of ChatGPT by students to create writing materials which is considered "cheating" by a lot of people.
Argument Against using ChatGPT
The use of ChatGPT on school activities robs the student off of the learning process of creative literary thinking. Most of the activities are created as exercise for them to learn and deal with fragments of information and ideas from various sources and produce literature of a given objective.
Students who are allowed to use tools like ChatGPT will have less or none of this skill and when placed in a working environment, they will lack the avenues and competence to perform their role, more specifically in positions where argumentation, bargaining and convincing skills are required. This is present in most fields specially on leadership positions.
Besides, tools like ChatGPT will not always be available, and dependence on it will cripple a person when it is not available. It is more efficient to have the skills ingrained in the person.
Arguments for using ChatGPT
ChatGPT is a tool. All tools are created to reduce effort and time in working on one area, and to be able to divert your remaining effort and time to the more creative and the 'thinking' aspects of the said work.
Like Einstein said "do not memorize something you can look up in books." He is implying that you should maximize the use of your tools and resources.
It is more productive if we adjust and modernize the skills we are teaching in schools to be more updated and in-sync with whatever tools we already have. This is an opportunity for us to divert the teaching to more complex skills, rather than removing a tool and teaching students skills that will not be useful by the time that they graduate.
We cannot deny that every people will have a powerful computer in their pocket everytime.
Which argument so you find more compelling? And why?
Argument Against using ChatGPT
The use of ChatGPT on school activities robs the student off of the learning process of creative literary thinking. Most of the activities are created as exercise for them to learn and deal with fragments of information and ideas from various sources and produce literature of a given objective.
Students who are allowed to use tools like ChatGPT will have less or none of this skill and when placed in a working environment, they will lack the avenues and competence to perform their role, more specifically in positions where argumentation, bargaining and convincing skills are required. This is present in most fields specially on leadership positions.
Besides, tools like ChatGPT will not always be available, and dependence on it will cripple a person when it is not available. It is more efficient to have the skills ingrained in the person.
Arguments for using ChatGPT
ChatGPT is a tool. All tools are created to reduce effort and time in working on one area, and to be able to divert your remaining effort and time to the more creative and the 'thinking' aspects of the said work.
Like Einstein said "do not memorize something you can look up in books." He is implying that you should maximize the use of your tools and resources.
It is more productive if we adjust and modernize the skills we are teaching in schools to be more updated and in-sync with whatever tools we already have. This is an opportunity for us to divert the teaching to more complex skills, rather than removing a tool and teaching students skills that will not be useful by the time that they graduate.
We cannot deny that every people will have a powerful computer in their pocket everytime.
Which argument so you find more compelling? And why?