With chatbots in the public eye, the topic of artificial intelligence (AI) is once again in the limelight. Is it a technological breakthrough or does it affect people's normal lives? If AI can help your child learn and improve their performance, as a parent will feel excited or uneasy? Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said that children's reading and writing skills are expected to improve by relying on AI chatbots to exercise and that this is not just talk, but will soon be realized. And that AI bots help learners prompt reading and writing skills by giving them feedback, which is 'mind-blowing'
AI chatbots, such as OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's "Bud", have evolved rapidly over the past few months and can even compete with human intelligence levels on certain standardized tests. Typically, teaching students writing skills is an extremely difficult task for computers. Because when teachers give feedback on papers, they look for features such as narrative structure and prose clarity, a "high cognitive exercise," and writing such code is "difficult" for developers of AI tools.
Past factual examples have proven to the public time and time again that AI cannot be ignored for its capabilities, with chatbots completing full articles that impress many. However, while some people are excited by this, there is a group of people who are becoming concerned. While this overexploitation and use of chatbots without clear constraints has increased confidence in the development of this technology, it also has the potential to cause some misinformation.
Still, some parents are very much looking forward to AI technology being put into teaching; after all, it means that children will have more affordable one-on-one instructional tutoring if a 'robot teacher' is available. This is good news for many low-income families so that they can enjoy high-quality instruction even if they can't afford the high tutoring fees. In the future, a large number of students will have access to private 1V1 tutoring with the help of AI chat tools, and tutoring fees will be more affordable.
In addition, AI may involve a large amount of personal privacy information when providing services to users. How to protect users' privacy and avoid data leakage and misuse are the challenges that AI technology needs to face in terms of morality and ethics. On one hand, GPT developers and service providers need to adopt strict security measures to ensure the safety of user data. In addition, users need to know how their data will be used and stored to be able to make informed choices.
All things considered, if you're cheering for AI to tutor children, it's probably too early - after all, technology can be rolled out at will, but the implications are far-reaching. It still takes a while to get feedback on the actual operation of a technology put into place. The relationship between artificial intelligence and humans should not be underestimated, so the technology still needs to be used with caution.
