Scattered Time - The playing fields are too waterlogged for practice, so instead of heading out this morning, I’m having a cup of tea and taking a few minutes to write. Last weekend was so cold, and although the temperatures have gradually risen through the week, it has meant more rain. An up and down week.
I've been researching and looking into large language models too. I think it's a great tool that, if used appropriately, can improve the productivity of students and teachers by a lot. Recently, I've been using GPT and the New Bing to learn new concepts and connecting the dots between these concepts and what I already knew. If being mindful and practicing critical thinking, I think they can help you quickly get started in researching ideas and diving deeper. The way that people ask questions could be a great differentiator in the quality of the responses and thus the quality of work produced with the help of those AIs - if a student takes the first response from the AI and blindly trusts it without any fact-checking or digging deeper, the resulting work can be disastrous and filled with hallucinations and false statements; but if a student asks follow up questions and brings up their own perspectives to compare with what's given by the AI, the depth of thinking could be greatly improved.
I've been researching and looking into large language models too. I think it's a great tool that, if used appropriately, can improve the productivity of students and teachers by a lot. Recently, I've been using GPT and the New Bing to learn new concepts and connecting the dots between these concepts and what I already knew. If being mindful and practicing critical thinking, I think they can help you quickly get started in researching ideas and diving deeper. The way that people ask questions could be a great differentiator in the quality of the responses and thus the quality of work produced with the help of those AIs - if a student takes the first response from the AI and blindly trusts it without any fact-checking or digging deeper, the resulting work can be disastrous and filled with hallucinations and false statements; but if a student asks follow up questions and brings up their own perspectives to compare with what's given by the AI, the depth of thinking could be greatly improved.