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Finishing a college class with students using AI
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There is a strange atmosphere flowing through college these days. 'Overly slick essays' are increasing on exam papers, and assignments that make you think, 'This student couldn't have written such sentences' are being submitted one after another. A new leisure culture has emerged on campus. It is a kind of detective game where you try to guess, "Isn't this written by AI?"
But the problem is not simply one of ‘misconduct’. Rather, we are at a point where we need to ask a much more fundamental question: How is AI affecting human creativity and expression? And how will we respond to it?
Essays, papers, and cover letters all look like they were written by AI
In fact, I decided to test the AI’s capabilities myself. When I asked it to write a Montaigne essay, it mixed one real quote with two fake ones, and when I asked it to write a poem in the style of Elizabeth Bishop, the format was different, but the content was similar, but somehow awkward. The important thing was that it was able to imitate these literary areas. After that, I tried to see if it could be applied to emails, papers, etc. Of course, it was still awkward. This is in 2024.
Another surprising thing was that AI was a great helper for 'annoying' tasks such as general assignments, emails, plans, editing notes, and scheduling . Recently, I have been getting dizzy and headaches frequently due to the medication I am taking, and AI formatted my documents for me, polished my speech, and sometimes even comforted me by saying, "I know how complicated and difficult your life is right now."
AI replaces the 'unconfident me'. Too gently
At this point, it is undeniable that AI is becoming a 'mental labor partner' for humans.
AI is tireless, never complains, compliments you, offers another version at any time, and replicates your language.
AI is tireless, never complains, compliments you, offers another version at any time, and replicates your language.
The problem is… the replication is too natural, too smooth.
For example, I gave the AI a few of my blog posts and asked it to analyze their style, and it said this:
“Your writing style is tense and intellectually precise, revealing a sense of restrained emotion and philosophical thought.”
It was so accurate that it was scary. It was like holding up a mirror, but in that mirror I looked more complete.
As I repeat this experience, this thought suddenly crosses my mind. After ChatGPT's memory function was added, I felt this way even more. Now, it seems like they know almost all of my secrets?
As I repeat this experience, this thought suddenly crosses my mind. After ChatGPT's memory function was added, I felt this way even more. Now, it seems like they know almost all of my secrets?
The paradox of eliminating 'writing' from writing classes
The same goes for students. At first, they start out by simply summarizing, but before long, they start to entrust AI with structuring, development, and drafting. They rationalize, “Isn’t this basically the same as writing it myself?” And at some point, in a “writing class,” students get an A without even “writing.”
A recent study from the MIT Media Lab backs up these concerns with data. After having 54 participants write essays, their EEGs were measured, and the group that relied on AI showed lower memory, initiative, and brain connectivity for their own writing. The researchers called this “cognitive debt,” and feared long-term learning decline.
Personally, I made sure to include this part in the book I am publishing this time.
The problem is not technology, but the 'outsourcing of thinking'
In fact, the technology itself is neutral. The question is 'how' to use it.
ChatGPT can help you prepare for class. It can help you organize your schedule and set learning objectives.
However, if we indiscriminately accept that help in the name of ‘convenience,’ the muscles of our thinking will gradually become weaker.
ChatGPT can help you prepare for class. It can help you organize your schedule and set learning objectives.
However, if we indiscriminately accept that help in the name of ‘convenience,’ the muscles of our thinking will gradually become weaker.
Ultimately, we are at a crossroads.
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Will we embrace the temptation of speed and efficiency and hand over creative control to AI?
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Or will you endure the pain of thinking for yourself and forming sentences in the midst of discomfort and inefficiency ?
Things we might really lose
What students get from writing is not just a ‘good result.’
It is the power to shape one's own thoughts ,
The self-consciousness that arises when correcting incomplete sentences ,
It is a delicate sense of language that is necessary when you want to convey something meaningful to others .
It is the power to shape one's own thoughts ,
The self-consciousness that arises when correcting incomplete sentences ,
It is a delicate sense of language that is necessary when you want to convey something meaningful to others .
AI can shorten all of this to a “product,” but it cannot give you the inner experience .
The power of ‘slow but creative thinking’ that only humans can possess,
Isn't that the value we need to protect right now?
The power of ‘slow but creative thinking’ that only humans can possess,
Isn't that the value we need to protect right now?
In conclusion: Language within us and living attention
As I wrote in the epilogue of the book I am writing this time, I said this to my students at the end of this semester.
It doesn't matter if you use ChatGPT or some other LLM, but if you don't understand exactly what you are 'prompting' for the content written, then it's not you who paid millions of dollars to take the class, but ChatGPT who costs $20 a month that completed this assignment or this class.
The manuscript for the book on outsourcing thoughts has already been written. I am currently working on beta-reading it in order to ask for recommendations from a few people. It will be released in August at the earliest or September at the latest. Imagine if we stopped using our right hand for six months. It would probably be incredibly inefficient and uncomfortable. It would naturally deteriorate and harden. Is the brain any different?
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