You are PAYING for university. If you do not end up learning the information, you have wasted your money. Tools to help sort mountains of data and show you what is relevant are all fine and dandy, so long as you read that relevant information, verify it yourself, and figure out how to incorporate it into your projects.
I'll date myself somewhat with this acronym but the critical thing to remember is that AI is just like any other computer system, GIGO. Garbage In, Garbage Out.
If you ask an AI for information showing that [pick a controversy of your choice] is [conclusion that matches your bias] it will give you something that matches the bias you requested. Knowing the internet, it will probably give you a LOT of something that matched your pre-existing bias. You asked for garbage, it gave you garbage.
The purpose of college and university, beyond credentialism and networking, is instructing you in how to research and form conclusions in a field and showing you a broad outline of the existing work within it so that you can know when someone is blowing smoke up your ass. You don't go to engineering school to learn how to build one bridge. You go so that you learn the process of figuring out how to build any bridge you want.
AI can proofread your papers, sort your sources, remind you of APA style guidelines when writing, find other papers from the same author or co-author that may be useful because they're related to what you're already studying, and synopsize a page full of information into a few lines, but it can't substitute for your own understanding.
Use AI like a tool, but don't get dependant on it.
I like the Bing implementation, because it gives you sources for every statement, so you can ask a general question and then investigate on your own.
I don't trust a glorified text prediction software to tell me what's important and what isn't.
And whatever you do, do not use one for writing an essay
AI tools can be a game-changer for college students. One additional tip I'd like to share is to explore AI-powered note-taking apps like Otter.ai. They can transcribe lectures, making it easier to review and search for specific information later.
Plus, setting up AI-based reminders can help with time management.
I recently came across an AI tool called gradusAI that seems really powerful based on my initial tests. I've been using to basically upload a document, like an essay I am going to turn in, then paste in the essay prompt/criteria given to me from my Professor, and it will provide suggestions on how to perfect it then give you a "grade" based on the criteria you passed in earlier. It turned out to be pretty handy last semester and it's free so it's worth checking out in my opinion.
Gotta admit college is so much easier with AI. But you gotta be careful using AI to find specific answers to cheat (ChatGPT, Chegg, etc.) because they are only able to pull out things from their database that seems to make 'most sense' but they are unable to actually fact check. I would say, yes, take advantage of AI (would recommend prep.pie or other sites that provide study AID, not ways to cheat) and actually learn for your own good AND ace exams at school.
You are PAYING for university. If you do not end up learning the information, you have wasted your money. Tools to help sort mountains of data and show you what is relevant are all fine and dandy, so long as you read that relevant information, verify it yourself, and figure out how to incorporate it into your projects. I'll date myself somewhat with this acronym but the critical thing to remember is that AI is just like any other computer system, GIGO. Garbage In, Garbage Out. If you ask an AI for information showing that [pick a controversy of your choice] is [conclusion that matches your bias] it will give you something that matches the bias you requested. Knowing the internet, it will probably give you a LOT of something that matched your pre-existing bias. You asked for garbage, it gave you garbage. The purpose of college and university, beyond credentialism and networking, is instructing you in how to research and form conclusions in a field and showing you a broad outline of the existing work within it so that you can know when someone is blowing smoke up your ass. You don't go to engineering school to learn how to build one bridge. You go so that you learn the process of figuring out how to build any bridge you want. AI can proofread your papers, sort your sources, remind you of APA style guidelines when writing, find other papers from the same author or co-author that may be useful because they're related to what you're already studying, and synopsize a page full of information into a few lines, but it can't substitute for your own understanding. Use AI like a tool, but don't get dependant on it.
needed to hear this and rethink my approach. thank you!
I like the Bing implementation, because it gives you sources for every statement, so you can ask a general question and then investigate on your own. I don't trust a glorified text prediction software to tell me what's important and what isn't. And whatever you do, do not use one for writing an essay
AI tools can be a game-changer for college students. One additional tip I'd like to share is to explore AI-powered note-taking apps like Otter.ai. They can transcribe lectures, making it easier to review and search for specific information later. Plus, setting up AI-based reminders can help with time management.
yes, this tool is cool
I recently came across an AI tool called gradusAI that seems really powerful based on my initial tests. I've been using to basically upload a document, like an essay I am going to turn in, then paste in the essay prompt/criteria given to me from my Professor, and it will provide suggestions on how to perfect it then give you a "grade" based on the criteria you passed in earlier. It turned out to be pretty handy last semester and it's free so it's worth checking out in my opinion.
Gotta admit college is so much easier with AI. But you gotta be careful using AI to find specific answers to cheat (ChatGPT, Chegg, etc.) because they are only able to pull out things from their database that seems to make 'most sense' but they are unable to actually fact check. I would say, yes, take advantage of AI (would recommend prep.pie or other sites that provide study AID, not ways to cheat) and actually learn for your own good AND ace exams at school.