Halmos Faculty Publishes Op-Ed in Sun Sentinel on ChatGPT

Jeremy Weissman, Ph.D., faculty in the Department of Humanities and Politics in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and the Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center (HCAS), published an op-ed in the Sun Sentinel on the challenges posed to higher education by the public release of ChatGPT, a breakthrough AI program. Amongst ChatGPT’s numerous stunning capacities, it is capable of writing quality college-level essays as well as accurately answering take-home exam questions by simply entering questions or writing prompts into the system.

In the essay, Weissman argues that the threat this software poses to age-old institutions such as the college essay will be replicated across a myriad of professions as ChatGPT is already capable of computer coding, medical diagnoses, and is poised to rapidly become much more powerful and accurate in coming iterations just around the corner. With this developing AI-dominated world in mind, Weissman suggests doubling down on a humanistic orientation to education in the classroom, focusing on teaching students how to better human society and lead meaningful and flourishing lives in a world where many existing job skills are at risk of being replaced by machines.

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Posted 01/22/23