#SentientSyllabus

Boris Steipe<a href="https://social.chatty.monster/@losttourist" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@losttourist</a> I can't reproduce this claim. You reposted someones blog who claims that <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChatGPT</a> fails at cryptic crossword puzzles. But when I try the exact same question with ChatGPT-4, I get the exact correct answers. (Which surprises me quite a bit because I myself would not have been able to come up with the solutions.) Dialogue here: -----------Human: I would like you to act as a cryptic crossword puzzle solver. I will give you a clue and the number of letters in parentheses. You provide the answer as a single word with the required length. You also explain the reasoning. Please confirm, then I will give you the first prompt.ChatGPT-4: I confirm that I can help you solve cryptic crossword clues. Please provide the first clue and the number of letters in parentheses, and I'll do my best to solve it and explain the reasoning behind the solution.Human: Chap recalled skill: something frequently repeated (6).ChatGPT-4: The answer to the clue is "mantra."Reasoning: "Chap" suggests a man, which can be represented as "man." "Recalled skill" hints at reversing a word meaning "skill," which is "art." When we put "man" and the reversed "art" together, we get "mantra."A mantra is something frequently repeated, fitting the definition provided in the clue.Human: Effect of legislation introduced by one politician (6).ChatGPT-4: The answer to the clue is "impact."Reasoning: "Effect of legislation" suggests we are looking for a word meaning "effect" or "influence." "Introduced by one" hints at the Roman numeral "I" (which represents 1). "Politician" can be abbreviated as "MP" (Member of Parliament).Combining these elements, we get "I" (one) + "MP" (politician) + "act" (legislation) = "impact."So, "impact" is the effect of legislation introduced by one politician.Human: Japanese food coming with S American greeting (5).ChatGPT-4: The answer to the clue is "sushi."Reasoning: "Japanese food" suggests we are looking for a Japanese dish, like "sushi." "Coming with" indicates that we need to combine words or abbreviations. "S American greeting" can be understood as the Spanish greeting "hola," which is commonly used in South America.To derive "sushi" from these elements, take the first two letters of "hola" (ho) and insert them into the word "sushi": s + ho + ushi = sushi. --------------------------Note that the last answer is correct, even though the reasoning is not correct. I suspect that the clue that I copied from the blog contained an error - probably the "S" is wrong. However some combination of probability and elimination operating over the tokens in (Sushi/ Ramen/ Kombu/ Natto/ Arame) gets the right solution.I would not have expected that.(Also, I wonder whether this maps to a real-world skill... ?)<a href="https://qoto.org/tags/GPT4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GPT4</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/openai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openai</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/crossword" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crossword</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Sentientsyllabus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sentientsyllabus</a>

Boris Steipe<a href="https://newsie.social/@JoelMHoffmanPhD" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@JoelMHoffmanPhD</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/linguistics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@linguistics</a> ??? I can't reproduce this observation of yours either. I get the correct answers to your prompts (Bonus: IPA)---------------------Human: Which French word sounds like the English word "some"?ChatGPT-4: The French word that sounds like the English word "some" is "somme." In French, "somme" has various meanings, including "sum" (as in the total of numbers) and "nap" (a short sleep). It is important to note that the meanings of "somme" in French are not the same as the meaning of "some" in English.Human: Which Mandarin word sounds like the English word "my"?ChatGPT-4: The Mandarin word that sounds like the English word "my" is "mài" (卖), which means "to sell" or "sale." However, it's essential to remember that the meaning of "mài" in Mandarin is not the same as the meaning of "my" in English. Additionally, Mandarin is a tonal language, so the pronunciation may not be identical to the English word, as tones play a crucial role in determining the meaning of a word.Human: Can you write "my" and "卖" in IPA?ChatGPT-4: Sure! The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcriptions for "my" (in English) and "卖" (in Mandarin Chinese) are as follows:"my" (English): /maɪ/ "卖" (Mandarin): /maɪ̯˥˩/ In the IPA transcription for "卖," the superscript numbers (˥˩) indicate the falling tone (4th tone) in Mandarin Chinese. Keep in mind that while the pronunciation may seem similar, the meaning and usage of the words are different.----------------------I used Mandarin because I don't speak Cantonese - can't assess. <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/GPT4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GPT4</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Sentientsyllabus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sentientsyllabus</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/openai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openai</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/chatgpt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#chatgpt</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linguistics</a>

Boris Steipe<a href="https://newsie.social/@JoelMHoffmanPhD" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@JoelMHoffmanPhD</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/linguistics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@linguistics</a> ??? I can't reproduce this. I get the correct response. (Bonus, sorting by topology)----------------------------Human: Which Hebrew letter looks most like a Latin capital "O"?ChatGPT-4: The Hebrew letter that looks most like a Latin capital "O" is the letter "samekh" (ס). It is the 15th letter of the Hebrew alphabet and has a circular shape similar to "O". However, it's important to note that the Hebrew and Latin alphabets are different, and their letters may not have the same meanings or pronunciations.Human: You are a topological typographer and know how many holes each lettershape has. As a topological typographer, you can take an input of letters and sort it by the number of holes in the letter: For example, if your input is: "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0" the you respond 0: {1 2 3 5 7} 1: {4 6 9 0} 2: {8} Here is your input: "A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z"ChatGPT-4: As a topological typographer, I can sort the capital Latin letters by the number of holes in each letter:0: {C E F G H I J K L M N S T U V W X Y Z} 1: {A D O P Q R} 2: {B}Please note that this sorting is based on the standard capital letterforms in the Latin alphabet. Some typefaces or font styles may have variations that could affect the number of holes in the letters. ----------------------------QED.<a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Sentientsyllabus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sentientsyllabus</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/GPT4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GPT4</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ai</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linguistics</a>

Boris Steipe<a href="https://mastodon.social/@FeralRobots" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@FeralRobots</a> That's an interesting point – and Leo Szilard in his "Ten commandments ..." makes exactly the complementary point: "Do not destroy what you cannot create." What ties both together is the need for respect.As for the reliance part, that's what I mean with democratization and access. OpenAI is quite aware of that. If they live up to the values they declare in their post, a lot has been gained.But in a sense, it may not matter all that much, the cat is out of the box. You can shut down a server but you cannot unthink a thought. The ideas have been embraced by the open software community (see the great progress that <a href="https://mas.to/@huggingface" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@huggingface</a> is making) and they are becoming ever more open and accessible. I gave some perspectives in my recent Sentient Syllabus update:<a href="https://sentientsyllabus.substack.com/p/resource-updates-2023-02-24" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://sentientsyllabus.substack.com/p/resource-updates-2023-02-24</a>In brief: tuning an LLM may be had for a few hundred dollars, running an LLM is possible on a high-end gaming rig. No one can turn that off on you. It then becomes a matter who will be satisfied remaining a consumer of information, and who will strive to exercise their own agency. These are the perspectives that matter.🙂 <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Sentientsyllabus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sentientsyllabus</a>

Boris SteipeJust a brief note on the <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/OpenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenAI</a> blog on responsible AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) development, posted two days ago.<a href="https://openai.com/blog/planning-for-agi-and-beyond/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://openai.com/blog/planning-for-agi-and-beyond/</a>In their objectives, the first point is: "We want AGI [...] to be an amplifier of humanity."That has an important implication. A human self can not "amplify" itself through an external authority. Such empowerment must come from within. A broad democratization of alignment and access is needed, as well as meaningful input into its behaviour.I have expressed this as: "Have the AI think with you, not for you." <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/SentientSyllabus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SentientSyllabus</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChatGPT</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/HigherEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HigherEd</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Alignment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Alignment</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/aiethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aiethics</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/OpenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenAI</a> InstructGPT

Boris Steipe<a href="https://hachyderm.io/@scottsantens" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@scottsantens</a> I think you are asking the right question, linking UBI to AI concerns. After all, when we outsourced physical labour to the steam engine, we were still employable as knowledge workers. But what is left once we outsource that too? Although, when I read your article, I noticed you saw three strategies for the future: quantity (content mills), community (subscribers), and manipulation (outrage-baiting). I am curious that you did not mention "quality" as another option. I understand the dystopian perspective that quality only matters if it can be heard, but for academia (the topic that I am engaged in, with the <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/SentientSyllabus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SentientSyllabus</a> project) quality is really the only option: to understand how the human perspective can go beyond the AI, _and_ for society to understand how that creates value.A win-win proposition requires both: creating quality on the creatives' side, and encouraging culture on the recipients' side, a culture through which individuals recognize and values what is being produced as an enrichment of their own lives. This is nothing other than the ideal of education. When I imagine how this could translate into perspectives for the content-writing economy, I realize that we share many concerns. And conversely, the community-building angle you mentioned is something we may be paying too little attention to (It is implicit in the "shared commitments" I describe in my analysis of academic misconduct - but making such communities explicit may be productive. <a href="https://sentientsyllabus.substack.com/p/generated-misconduct" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://sentientsyllabus.substack.com/p/generated-misconduct</a> )More to think about. Thank you.<a href="https://qoto.org/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChatGPT</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/AIeconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AIeconomy</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/HigherEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HigherEd</a>

Boris Steipe<a href="https://mastodon.social/@austegard" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@austegard</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@kcarruthers" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@kcarruthers</a> Ok - there's something interesting to be said about that.The algorithm is not biased. The data is biased. And whether we should wish for <a href="https://twtr.plus/users/openai" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@openai</a> to correct this bias algorithmically is far from clear.Let me quote from an insightful toot by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/@gaymanifold" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@gaymanifold</a> yesterday: "I love how people are discovering that <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChatGPT</a> is <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/racist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#racist</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/sexist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sexist</a> or <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/bigoted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bigoted</a> or at least show these traits for some prompts. ChatGPT is the best approximation to human written content [...] we can still tell right now that it's being bigoted. As computer scientists tweak it more [...] it won't be human noticable that it is bigoted. Thank you for coming to my <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/dystopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dystopia</a> where machines are institutionalizing bigotry in a way that looks utterly impartial."I think that's an important perspective.I've written elsewhere: we need computers to think with us, not for us.<a href="https://qoto.org/tags/SentientSyllabus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SentientSyllabus</a>

Boris Steipe<a href="https://mastodon.world/@dgolumbia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@dgolumbia</a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/@garymarcus" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@garymarcus</a> David -I don't think that Michael Kosinski is even close to suggesting that the ability to infer unobserved states is mind is in itself a form of consciousness.<a href="https://qoto.org/tags/SentientSyllabus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SentientSyllabus</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChatGPT</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/TheoryOfMind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheoryOfMind</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ai</a>

Boris SteipeA paper on arXiv finds that an emergent ability to solve Theory-of-Mind (ToM) tasks, in ChatGPT (Thanks <a href="https://mastodon.social/@kcarruthers" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@kcarruthers</a>). Such emergent behaviour is particularly interesting because it has not been built into the algorithm by design. <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.02083" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.02083</a>I find particularly intriguing (although the authors don't discuss that point) how beliefs change simply with the length of the conversation, even when no new facts are added. The philosopher Paul Grice stated four maxims of communication: quantity, quality, relation, and manner; aspects that allow speakers and listeners to establish contextual information _implicitly_. It is intriguing to think that this need to evaluate implicit context is a necessary condition for natural communication, and that this is the stimulus for ToM emergence.I'm intrigued - but not totally surprised. The ability of LLMs to pass the "Winograd Schema Challenge" already showed that there is something going on. Example: Human: (1) The cat ate the mouse, it was tasty. Who was tasty: the cat or the mouse? (2) The cat ate the mouse, it was hungry. Who was hungry: the cat or the mouse?AI: (1) The mouse was tasty. (2) The cat was hungry.... and you can easily try that for yourself.That paper is here: <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2201.02387" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://arxiv.org/abs/2201.02387</a><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/SentientSyllabus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SentientSyllabus</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChatGPT</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/HigherEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HigherEd</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Education</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/TheoryOfMind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheoryOfMind</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Mind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mind</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Intelligence</a>

Boris Steipe<a href="https://fediscience.org/@twinkler" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@twinkler</a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/@melaniemitchell" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@melaniemitchell</a> Yes, I just read that - it's a very useful exposition about what really happened in these "exams". Unfortunately, that doesn't mean ChatGPT is _not_ able to pass most of our exams. Because, disturbingly often it does. And if that would not be the case, we wouldn't need to be worried about it.The reality is: we need to rethink assessment, and to do that we need to be clear about our teaching objectives. I write about here: <a href="https://sentientsyllabus.substack.com/p/how-much-is-too-much" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://sentientsyllabus.substack.com/p/how-much-is-too-much</a>But <a href="https://sigmoid.social/@melaniemitchell" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@melaniemitchell</a> 's article is important for our attempts to separate the signal from the noise.<a href="https://qoto.org/tags/SentientSyllabus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SentientSyllabus</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChatGPT</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/HigherEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HigherEd</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Education</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Syllabus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Syllabus</a>

Boris Steipe<a href="https://sigmoid.social/@TedUnderwood" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@TedUnderwood</a> Exactly ... that's where the money is for MS. As per June 2022 revenues – Office 365: 32%; Azure: 40%; Windows: 28%; Ads: zero.... and this is why Goggle is looking at data integration - not search. Because this is where their money is.<a href="https://sentientsyllabus.substack.com/p/reading-between-the-lines" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://sentientsyllabus.substack.com/p/reading-between-the-lines</a><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/SentientSyllabus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SentientSyllabus</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChatGPT</a>

Boris Steipe<a href="https://lingo.lol/@sorensorensen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@sorensorensen</a> Actually - no.I invite you to have a look at a more differentiated analysis. The topic is a bit important.<a href="https://sentientsyllabus.substack.com/p/silicone-coauthors" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://sentientsyllabus.substack.com/p/silicone-coauthors</a>.Cheers - 🙂 <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/SentientSyllabus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SentientSyllabus</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChatGPT</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Authorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Authorship</a>

Boris Steipe<a href="https://sigmoid.social/@wzuidema" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@wzuidema</a> We expect authors' transparency "to what extent" AI technologies were used. In my analysis I proposed some qualitative language, but whether that is enough transparency can be questioned. It would not make the actual flow of ideas explicit or verifiable - that is what I mean by "documenting process"; a small point, but central to the debate.In the absence of verifiability, all we have is trust. Realizing that has its own implications.🙂 <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/SentientSyllabus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SentientSyllabus</a>

Boris Steipe<a href="https://sigmoid.social/@wzuidema" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@wzuidema</a> Great work. Thank you!You are spot on where you write: "This defies today’s binary definitions of authorship, plagiarism and sources, in which someone is either an author, or not, and a source has either been used, or not. Policies will have to adapt, but full transparency will always be key."I think this continuum applies to the question of accountability as well (I developed that a bit here: <a href="https://sentientsyllabus.substack.com/p/silicone-coauthors" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://sentientsyllabus.substack.com/p/silicone-coauthors</a> ). There, I propose to leave the decision of co-authorship to the authors. It is certainly not deceptive to do that, which distinguishes it from gift-, ghost-, and guest-authorship. Transparency is key.An unresolved implication is a desire to document process. That would be great, but adding another _dimension_ (progress) to linear text is conceptually difficult and I am not aware of technical approaches. Your proposal for non-profit LLMs is interesting, but will ultimately run up against the same concerns as private sector LLMs - simply due to the need of significant funding for training and operation. An alternative might be public LLMs, modelled on our public library systems. I have not seen that discussed yet. Certainly very doable at EU scale.Thank you for this contribution.<a href="https://qoto.org/tags/SentientSyllabus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SentientSyllabus</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChatGPT</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/HigherEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HigherEd</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Authorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Authorship</a>

Boris Steipe<a href="https://mastodon.social/@dougholton" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@dougholton</a> Great - this is a very practical synopsis. I have one suggestion though: as I explain in more depth here ... <a href="https://sentientsyllabus.substack.com/p/how-much-is-too-much" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://sentientsyllabus.substack.com/p/how-much-is-too-much</a> ... there is a risk of starting out with a prompt: you are giving up the precious opportunity of a "first-thought", an unbiased engagement with the topic that prepares the mind. Thus I would ask students to first think for themselves, perhaps write down a few bullet points, and then prompt ChatGPT. The algorithm sounds very authoritative, and it takes quite a bit of effort to see its arguments clearly, to sort them by importance and relevance, and to check their logical connections. You want to avoid them to get locked-in to the generated text's way of seeing thing.So: "Do start all engagements with thinking for yourself."🙂 <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/SentientSyllabus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SentientSyllabus</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChatGPT</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/HigherEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HigherEd</a>

Boris SteipeVery insightful coverage by <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/@susan_dagostino" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@susan_dagostino</a> in <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/InsideHigherEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InsideHigherEd</a> "Designing Assignments in the ChatGPT Era". If only more of our discourse could have that level... <a href="https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2023/01/31/chatgpt-sparks-debate-how-design-student-assignments-now" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2023/01/31/chatgpt-sparks-debate-how-design-student-assignments-now</a>Though: disclaimer: I had the honour to add a few ideas I wrote for the Sentient Syllabus project <a href="http://sentientsyllabus.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://sentientsyllabus.org</a><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/SentientSyllabus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SentientSyllabus</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChatGPT</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/HigherEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HigherEd</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Education</a>

Boris SteipeReuters:At a time when Google and Bing are gearing up for the tech showdown of the decade ...they are laying off five and six percent of their (human) workforce.<a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/google-parent-lay-off-12000-workers-memo-2023-01-20" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.reuters.com/business/google-parent-lay-off-12000-workers-memo-2023-01-20</a><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/SentientSyllabus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SentientSyllabus</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChatGPT</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Education</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/HigherEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HigherEd</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/University" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#University</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Academia</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Google</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Alphabet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Alphabet</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Microsoft</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Bing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bing</a>

Boris Steipe<a href="https://wandering.shop/@writerethink" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@writerethink</a> Congratulations! Here's some resources and thinking you might find useful:<a href="http://sentientsyllabus.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://sentientsyllabus.org</a><a href="https://sentientsyllabus.substack.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://sentientsyllabus.substack.com</a><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/SentientSyllabus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SentientSyllabus</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChatGPT</a>

Boris Steipe<a href="https://vis.social/@scott" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@scott</a> Yes, they got a lot wrong there. Your "radical" approach actually resonates with what I just posted at the Sentient Syllabus substack. (... it's a bit of a deep dive 🙂 )<a href="https://sentientsyllabus.substack.com/p/how-much-is-too-much" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://sentientsyllabus.substack.com/p/how-much-is-too-much</a><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/SentientSyllabus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SentientSyllabus</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChatGPT</a>

Boris Steipe<a href="https://qoto.org/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChatGPT</a> - How much is too much?As far as <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/HigerEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HigerEd</a> is concerned, the answer is simple: "Assistance from an <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> system is too much when it interferes with the educational objectives, or the assessment of a submitted work."But really, there is nothing simple here: this question goes to the core of what we mean by "educational objectives", what is the "work" that we are assessing, and how we are assessing in the first place. I unravel this in the latest post at the <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/SentientSyllabus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SentientSyllabus</a> Project" - it's a bit of a deep dive, before we come up for air again. In the end, it's all about <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/joy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#joy</a> .<a href="https://sentientsyllabus.substack.com/p/how-much-is-too-much" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://sentientsyllabus.substack.com/p/how-much-is-too-much</a><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Education</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/University" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#University</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Academia</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/syllabus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#syllabus</a>

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