New York City Public Schools Block AI Chatbot Over Cheating Concerns

The New York City Department Of Education (NYCDOE) has blocked OpenAI’s ChatGPT service access on its networks and devices amid fears that students will use it to cheat on assignments and other school tasks.

ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence chatbot, can produce content that imitates human speech. Accessible The service is free and can be used to create essays, technical documents, or poetry. Chalkbeat New York reported. The Machine learning is used to compile historical facts, make convincing arguments and ensure that the output is grammatically correct.

“Due to concerns about negative impacts on student learning, and concerns regarding the safety and accuracy of content, access to ChatGPT is restricted on New York City Public Schools’ networks and devices,” NYCDOE spokesperson Jenna Lyle Telled Chalkbeat. “While the tool may be able to provide quick and easy answers to questions, it does not build critical-thinking and problem-solving skills, which are essential for academic and lifelong success.”

HoweverIf schools require access to ChatGPT for their students, they can request it by submitting a request. Lyle said.

ChatGPT School Tasks

In Interview with the New York Post, Darren HickAssistant philosophy professor at Furman University In Greenville, South Carolina, said that academia “did not see this coming,” Referring to ChatGPT’s capabilities.

In Early December, Hick He had asked his class for a 500-word essay about philosophers. David Hume The paradox of horror. One One of the submissions caught his attention because it featured some hallmarks of being created by AI.

“It’s a clean style. But it’s recognizable. I would say it writes like a very smart 12th grader,” Hick The New York PostAdding that the bot uses “peculiar” “odd wording.”

Dangers AI

ChatGPT has a problem in that it is not always accurate. OpenAI admits ChatGPT “sometimes writes plausible-sounding but incorrect or nonsensical answers,” It is difficult to fix the problem. As This means that the service cannot be used for critical information such as medical advice.

Many Many have raised alarm about the rise in AI. In June Last year’s results Google Place a senior software engineer in the company Responsible After raising concerns about the human-like behavior displayed by LaMDA (an AI program he tested), an AI ethics committee was granted paid administrative leave.

The An employee tried to convince Google To take a look at the potential serious implications “sentient” Behavior of the AI HoweverHe claimed that the company didn’t heed his words.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk AI is a dangerous technology, as has the warning of Dr. Johnston.

“I have exposure to the very cutting edge AI, and I think people should be really concerned about it,” Musk told Participants of the a National Governors Association meeting in July 2017.

“I keep sounding the alarm bell, but until people see robots going down the street killing people, they don’t know how to react, because it seems so ethereal.”

Naveen Athrappully Reporter for news on business and world events. The Epoch Times.

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