ChatGPT and the Future of Colleges

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Yes, but is it politically possible?

Created a new thread to talk about the political implications:

http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/t/political-implications-of-possible-ai-related-job-losses/3634029/

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Please show me the AI that can handle a class of 20-25 kindergartners or 33 middle schoolers. This “teacher” will need to make sure that Sue doesn’t distract Bobby, and that Malik isn’t distracted by the squirrels outside the window. It will need to be able to tell when someone’s having an off day, or if there’s cause for concern and that a kid needs to be seen by the counselor (or a mandatory reporter report filed). It needs to be able to help them deal with the physical and emotional and mental changes as they age.

Sure, if a kid is being homeschooled or doing virtual learning, AI could be great. But if the concept of “school” is going to continue with a building filled with children in K-12, AI just will not cut it.

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AI isn’t going to replace a classroom teacher. What it will do is to change the way kids learn. Kids don’t necessarily have to learn in a classroom setting. For many subjects, they may be better off learning them in a one-on-one setting with an AI “teacher”, whether they sit in a classroom or not.

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It’s comforting to know that the professions my sons have chosen won’t be replaced by AI any time soon.

Will AI drive even more young people into the trades?

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Yes, but eventually you need experienced sr level folks, so how do you get them if there is no lower level pipeline?

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Or will you???

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Honestly, I don’t think that will go away, but I was responding to the comment that it would affect lower level jobs.

I am not arguing that it won’t (I can hope!) but if it does, it will also affect higher level ones eventually, either by taking over or by creating a shortage.

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You have to make the case before we can dispute it. :wink:

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Renowned Harvard CS Prof Dave Malan is going to allow students in CS50 this Fall to use Chat GPT


Starting in the fall, students will be able to use AI to help them find bugs in their code, give feedback on the design of student programs, explain unfamiliar lines of code or error messages, and answer individual questions, CS50 professor David J. Malan ’99 wrote in an emailed statement.

I expect we will start seeing these announcements from many Profs soon.

Many of Malan’s courses are available for free on EDx, not sure if/when this Fall’s class will be available though.

https://www.edx.org/bio/david-j-malan

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