ChatGPT being banned in schools today is like the Calculator in the 80s

For what it gets correct, it is the replacement for everything. Thought itself can be outsourced. Education's purpose isn't simply to have bodies in seats serving as proxies to a machine.

And if LLMs could fix the hallucination problem, then they are more in a position to replace education itself versus being a tool for the student.

I know these were big in the humanities, and where I came from, they were sometimes worth 30%-40% of the final grade.

This seems like setting the kids up for a rude awakening...and probably more mental health problems when they fall behind their peers, who had limited access to GPT and had to do things the old fashioned way...

Just my opinion...

> The students.

> Embracing innovation and adapting to modern educational tools can lead to more empowered and capable students, ready to face the challenges of the future.

Bullshit. Go train your own ChatGPT with only AI-generated content; see how well that performs at real-world tasks.

Calculators in the 80s weren't confidently wrong and they didn't engender their content with a tone. Furthermore, they didn't make mental math obsolete. We all have calculators in our pocket, but hardly anyone uses their phone to calculate change or ballpark a tip. Banning ChatGPT is the same expectation as trusting your students not to plagiarize an answer from another student or encyclopedia.