Talking about banning the chatbot, ChatGPT, from K-12 education is a conversation that is in its early stages right now. However, banning the technology could do more harm than good in the long run because it has the potential to revolutionize the education industry. The aim of schools should be to educate students on the capabilities and limitations of the technology so they can better understand it, and in turn use it to their advantage.
ChatGPT, due to its real-time editing capabilities and ability to help students with their writing, could be a massive help when it comes to college applications. The help of the chatbot could take some of the stress out of the college application process and potentially help students become more productive in the process. In addition to this, the chatbot serves as a tutor of sorts, giving easy access to anyone with an internet connection. It is a great help to those who may not have access to proper tutor or educational infrastructure.
In terms of educational success, research indicates that one-on-one instruction until mastery of the topic can lead to astounding results. ChatGPT may not be able to replicate the interaction of a human tutor, however, it has been proven to be a beneficial tool and could go on to have major impacts on those who are unable to get one-on-one instruction. Therefore, banning ChatGPT would be misguided and could give an unfair disadvantage to certain groups of students.
The person mentioned in the article is Benjamin Blom. He is a psychologist known for his work in the 1980s involving mastery learning in classrooms. His studies showed that through one-on-one instruction, almost all students were able to outperform the class average by two standard deviations.
ChatGPT is a chatbot that helps guide users with their writing. It is the product of a company called ELSA Corp, founded by Researchers from McGill University and the University of Toronto in 2016. Since then, it has been served more than 225 million users and is growing in popularity. The company has also launched an education edition of their chatbot, specially tailored for K-12 education. ELSA Corp also works closely with other companies, such as Google and Microsoft to help build language and AI technologies. Their work has had a huge impact on the field of artificial intelligence and natural language processing.
