Nicole Hennig
@nic221@techhub.social  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

MIT Study Shows Assigning Essays Triggers Student "Brain Rot" https://stefanbauschard.substack.com/p/mit-study-shows-assigning-essays (ideas for better assignments) #AI #education

This is like building a home on a coastline known for destructive hurricanes-then acting shocked and outraged each year when your house gets flattened. If we keep assigning traditional essays knowing students can and will use ChatGPT to generate them, we're choosing to build in a danger zone and then blaming the storms when the structure collapses. (2) We can restructure assignments and stop giving assignments that trigger brain rot in the world of Al. For example, here are some ways to reduce reliance on essay writing and build debate into classroom instruction so that when students use ChatGPT to prepare they are likely to increase their critical thinking.
This is like building a home on a coastline known for destructive hurricanes-then acting shocked and outraged each year when your house gets flattened. If we keep assigning traditional essays knowing students can and will use ChatGPT to generate them, we're choosing to build in a danger zone and then blaming the storms when the structure collapses. (2) We can restructure assignments and stop giving assignments that trigger brain rot in the world of Al. For example, here are some ways to reduce reliance on essay writing and build debate into classroom instruction so that when students use ChatGPT to prepare they are likely to increase their critical thinking.
This is like building a home on a coastline known for destructive hurricanes-then acting shocked and outraged each year when your house gets flattened. If we keep assigning traditional essays knowing students can and will use ChatGPT to generate them, we're choosing to build in a danger zone and then blaming the storms when the structure collapses. (2) We can restructure assignments and stop giving assignments that trigger brain rot in the world of Al. For example, here are some ways to reduce reliance on essay writing and build debate into classroom instruction so that when students use ChatGPT to prepare they are likely to increase their critical thinking.