Post #1571849
2026-03-09 22:06 UTC
@wim_v12e
I wonder if there might be “best practices” one could inculcate in the use of these things that could actually aid a student’s education. I’m not sure what those might be, or if it is even possible.
Things like, phrase your question as “help me evaluate the thesis that….”; always challenge what claims the parrot makes; read it closely looking for flaws in its argument; ask it for clarification of anything that seems ambiguous or unclear…
These are things they should be doing with their research material, anyway, of course. (And some of them are lessons I wish I’d figured out in undergrad philosophy classes, especially.)
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@wim_v12e@scholar.social 2026-03-10 07:59
@lain_7 I think that if the student is there to learn, then they will take on board such suggestions. But a considerable proportion of students is there not so much to learn as to get high grades.They will use any tool that they think will help them maximise their grade. So setting assessment that can't easily be produced by a genAI tool is crucial. For coding coursework this is actually not very hard.