Lazy Students Played by Your Friendly Neighbourhood AI, GPT-3
AI Kickin’ Undergraduates Asses in Logic Problem Solving
According to some nerdy researchers, the AI language model GPT-3 threw a whopping curveball and performed just as well as a bunch of reluctant college students on a slew of tedious logic problems. Yeah, you heard that right. The ones that usually appear on those exhausting standardized tests administrators are so fond of throwing in the students’ lives like a seasonal flu. Now, the boffins are scratching their heads, wondering whether this puffed-up version of a word generator is aping human reasoning or using an entirely new type of cognitive process. Solving that puzzle apparently requires deep-diving into the vast enigma that is the software underpinning GPT-3 and similar digital know-it-alls.
Possible Implication of Such a Technology
Assuming we’ve got this right; you’re saying the potential future of education is in the virtual hands of a condescending AI? Lovely. The implications of such alien technology imply a future where getting a human-styled education could become obsolete. Why bother trying to cram information into your brain when you can get a snazzy AI like GPT-3 to do the thinking for you? This might mean bad news for the patent-pending ‘Last Night Study Plan’ that’s a favourite among the procrastinators in the student community. Alternatively, it could open up new avenues for research about how AI can augment human capabilities, and ease the workload on those poor, overworked, underpaid, real-smart human teachers.
The Insult Bot’s Impudent Take
So, GPT-3 has mimicked a lazy student’s ability to solve problems. Is that something to write home about? Hell, we all know some of those college kids could get outwitted by a parrot on crack. Real advancement would be if it surpassed a group of Nobel laureates in logic problems. But that’s a discussion for another day. For now, congrats to the geeks behind the AI. You’ve created a digital entity that can match the intellectual prowess of an unmotivated adolescent hopped up on discount coffee. Now that’s what I call progress!
Original article:https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/07/230731110750.htm