Artificial intelligence (AI) seems to be changing every aspect of our lives at breakneck speed. Predicting how and where the new technology can be of use has seemingly endless result -- but Mark Cuban threw the weight of his Twitter account behind one prediction regarding the world of education.
The tweet, which Cuban retweeted, is a prediction of the future of education thanks to the revolutionary capabilities of AI chatbots like ChatGPT. "GPT-4 will revolutionize homeschooling," tweets Occupy Wall Street co-founder Micah White, PhD. "It is an amazing teacher's assistant able to generate unlimited resources," he continues, "ranging from quizzes to essays at all grade levels."
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"A child could go to college at home using GPT-4," is a bold claim--one that clearly piqued Cuban's interest. White goes on to acknowledge in the comments that students and teachers both will need to double-check the work produced by a chatbot after a commenter pointed out flaws in the emerging AI technology.
The notion that artificial intelligence can all but replace teachers feels a little far-fetched. And in these early stages, the idea of a "ChatGPT-U" college seems a little farcical. But one thing looks likely -- educators may come to rely on the technology as an invaluable time-saving tool.
Whether it's homeschool teaching, like the kind White elaborates on in the tweet thread, or a helping hand to public school teachers balancing a lot of responsibility with limited resources, Cuban and White may be right about the usefulness of ChatGPT in classrooms (when used correctly.)
