According to educational news site Chalkbeat, New York City Public Schools have blocked access to Openai's model. The move comes amid fears that students will cheat on assignments, accidentally introduce inaccuracies in their work, or write essays in a way that will keep them from learning the material, all of which could be prevented with the move.
During the testing period, the model is free to use through any web browser. It can be used to write essays, poetry, and technical documents, but it can also produce very confident-sounding but inaccurate results.
There are concerns about the safety and accuracy of content and access to it is restricted in New York City public schools. While the tool may be able to provide quick and easy answers to questions, it doesn't build critical- thinking and problem-solving skills which are essential for academic and lifelong success.
AdvertisementIn September, educational concerns about large language models became widespread after someone claimed that they used GPT3 to answer questions for school projects. GPT-3 was only accessible through an interface on the OpenAI website and a fee based on usage. It became more common for calls of alarm to be made after OpenAI introduced a larger audience for free.
A neural network trained on the text of millions of books and websites can be used to predict languages. The model is able to predict the most likely output after someone enters a prompt. If given a prompt such as "Mary had a," it would be possible to pull from the most frequent statistical associations between words to complete the sentence. The entire conversation history is the prompt that the model tries to complete in a conversation.
According to Chalkbeat, individual schools can apply for access to study the technology behind it even though it will be blocked in NYC schools. The move from the largest school district in the US to ban technology may inspire other districts to follow suit.
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