International students may be among the biggest early beneficiaries of ChatGPT - The Hechinger Report
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The public release of ChatGPT in November 2022 changed the world. A chatbot could instantly write paragraphs and papers, a task once thought to be uniquely human. Though it may take many years to understand the full consequences, a team of data scientists wanted to study how college writing might already be affected. This story […]

Study of writing quality analyzed more than 1 million student submissions at a large public university

  • Libra00@lemmy.worldEnglish
    32·
    3 months ago

    The scientists didn’t actually read all 1,140,328 discussion-board submissions written by 16,791 students between the fall term of 2021 and the winter term of 2024.

    "I think we can infer this is due to the availability of AI because what other things would produce these significant changes?”

    Yu and his research colleagues didn’t interview any of the students and cannot say for certain that the students were using ChatGPT or any of its competitors, such as Claude or Gemini, to help them with their assignments

    If this had been actual research this might be an interesting result, but it’s not. It’s pure speculation without a shred of verification.

  • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
    62·
    3 months ago

    Anybody else really starting to feel like a chump for not cheating their way through life?

    • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
      61·
      3 months ago

      Nah, I’m quite happy without that weight on my conscience.

    • priapus@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      3 months ago

      Ive seen a staggering amount of students who relied entirely on AI fail out of the masters program I’m in. Cheating only gets you so far.