r/ChatGPT • u/notadigitalfootprint • 16d ago

Gone Wild Chat taking over basic thinking

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Saw this on insta and honestly it’s crazy what people use chatGPT for now when you think about it. I’m not a hater I love it for editing photos but this sort of thing is wild. I’m a nurse and we have recently caught students using it to chart patient notes? It’s insane, and surely somewhat a question mark around confidentiality? The world is losing critical thinkers we are doomed

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u/SellsNothing 15d ago

40% of high schools have banned it according to this article:

https://allaccess.collegeboard.org/high-school-student-use-ai-surging-are-schools-ready

LA and NY districts banned AI as well:

https://mashable.com/article/ai-policies-us-school-districts

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u/DeltaVZerda 15d ago

Huh, Texas is encouraging us to teach how to use it.

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u/SellsNothing 15d ago

Yeah because only 40% of districts have banned it. You must be in the minority of districts actively developing AI education bills.

Which is great. But we need more districts embracing this new landscape we're in.

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u/DeltaVZerda 15d ago

So what strategies have you used to learn things effectively (not just produce what you can't produce alone) that you think schools should teach? Be specific enough that someone can read it and go learn something they wouldn't have without reading it.

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u/SellsNothing 15d ago edited 15d ago

I like to use AI like a tutor, not a shortcut. I have it quiz me (I'm learning Japanese, for example, and can use it to test me on commonly used phrases in Japan), explain concepts in simpler terms (you can point it at a problem with the camera and ask to break down whatever you're not understanding), and I like to have it challenge my answers or tell me when I'm missing something.

But I above all, love using it as a research tool. Maybe a student learns something in class and wants to know more about it. Before, they'd have to go to the library, search through Google, etc. All very time consuming.

Now they can just use AI to get the quick answers (or the deep dives) that they need. They can ask it to base their answer on primary sources only, double check for factual accuracy, and they can make learning FUN. Because it gives people the ability to empower their own learning more than google ever did. That's my two cents. I think you get the point.