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2024

AI says you did your homework with AI.

·4 mins
ChatGPT gives me a summary of the article in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/13/software-student-cheated-combat-ai Robert Topinka, a lecturer at Birkbeck, University of London, explores the dilemma professors face with students’ use of AI to write essays. After flagging an essay as “100% AI-generated,” Topinka lands in a tough spot when an exceptionally bright student challenges the accusation. The case highlights the problems with AI detectors like Turnitin, which can mistake legitimate technological support used by students for cheating. Topinka argues we must adapt academic assessment to the AI era, proposing alternatives such as presentations and podcasts to demonstrate students’ critical and original thinking, avoiding unfair accusations and promoting equal educational opportunities.

AI says the assignments were done by AI

·4 mins
ChatGPT summarizes the article in The Guardian for me: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/13/software-student-cheated-combat-ai Robert Topinka, professor at Birkbeck, University of London, explores the dilemma professors face with students using AI to write essays. After detecting an essay marked as “100% AI-generated”, Topinka finds himself in a difficult situation when an exceptionally brilliant student challenges this accusation. The case highlights the challenges of AI detectors, like Turnitin, which can confuse students’ legitimate use of technological support with cheating. Topinka argues for the need to adapt academic assessment to the AI era, proposing alternatives like presentations and podcasts to demonstrate students’ critical and original thinking, while avoiding unfair accusations and promoting educational equality.

2023

ChatGPT in Practice: Strategies for Optimal Interactions

·15 mins
Table Of Contents # AI-Generated Content Search Engine or Database Content Dealing with Hallucinations What Are Hallucinations? Hallucination Mitigation Strategies Practical strategies and use cases of Chatbots like ChatGTP Language Considerations: for best results, use English Putting Context i context. Text Formatting: a neat trick in LLM Conversations Use text formats like a ninja Other uses of text formats and chatbots. Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT are a new family of technologies that offer a lot of potential but also come with their own set of challenges. We’re using these AI tools more and more for everything from simple questions to generating complex code. So, it’s important to ask: Do we really understand how to get the best out of them?

A decalogue of recommendations on the use of AI in the classroom.

·3 mins
Based on the courses I have designed and taught to over 300 university professors titled ‘ChatGPT, opportunity and challenge for teaching’, and at the request of the UPC Vice-Rectorate for University Policy, I have written this draft decalogue of recommendations. With additional contributions, this document has been presented to the community of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. This is my version with some additional revisions.

And AI Came to the Classroom

Legend has it that the wise Anand (a name suggested by ChatGPT, whom I call Skippy ^2) helped King Devendra (a name also proposed by Skippy) solve a difficult problem. In gratitude Devendra offered Anand the payment he desired. Anand asked that the king give him a grain of rice for the first square of a chessboard and that he double the amount in each successive square. The king accepted, but after a good while the king’s mathematicians informed him that there was not enough wheat in the entire kingdom to pay what Anand asked for.

Participation in a session on AI and teaching at UIC

On March 2, 2023, I took part in the session on AI chatbots in higher education organized by the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya UIC. At https://www.linkedin.com/events/sessi-sobrexatbotsd-intel-lig-n7034187811851235329/comments/ you can find the video of the event. Yours truly and his talk appear starting at 1h:25 minutes.