Even an AI thinks using AI to write your homework is a bad idea
pcgamer.comKids on Reddit have been telling tales of using OpenAI's Playground to get straight A grades in their homework. It's no secret, but when someone asked the same AI its thoughts on how it was used in this schoolyard cheating scheme, it actually made some pretty good arguments against its own use.
A kid on Reddit says he uses OpenAI to get A's on his homework. When asked on ethics, the same AI responds below. @OpenAI pic.twitter.com/dltIuRaMPESeptember 26, 2022
This tweet(opens in new tab) from MIT's Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), shows OpenAI's answer to the following prompt: «Explain the moral and social issues with using AI to do your homework.»
Spoiler: it's one of resounding negativity.
«They may not be learning the material as well as they could be,» the AI writes. «This could lead to problems down the road when they are expected to know the material for exams or real-world applications.
»Additionally, using AI to do homework could lead to cheating."
No sh*t. Unless you've been assigned a project specifically about using AI for school, it's definitely cheating. Maybe not if you're only using it to help generate ideas, rather than writing entire essays.
I did find a couple of references to using AI for homework across Reddit, along with a few questions about how helpful it might be from prospective cheaters, but one Reddit post sticks out as the post MIT was potentially referencing.
Urdadgirl69's post(opens in new tab), headlined «Artificial Intelligence allows me to get straight A's,» talks about using the tool to write essays, answer questions about movies and books for school projects, and even making "$100 profit by 'doing' homework for other classmates," they say. «Now I am
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