Education Minister Daryll Matthew Urges Incorporation of ChatGPT and AI in Learning Processes

1. Come on ABLP, put this man in charge of the party until UPP run tings in 2028 – if not before!

   Daryl Matthew’s comes across as a man that can easily replace the Prime Minister.

   COME ON SWALLOW YOUR PRIDE …

   • Daryll Matthew, we should not jump on every little fad that blows our way. What is ÀI? Computer algorithms and computer programming. What do students need for this? A strong mathematical base and problem solving skills. What we don’t have too much of? Those things. So Daryll, please concentrate on those things and if successful, our young people would be more than adept to handle AI. Anything else, is placing the cart before the horse and just creating talking points.

     • You sound smart to a dumb person. How old are you, 86?

2. Minister of Education, I humbly suggest your team carefully proof-read media releases before distribution.
   Indeed ai has its place, however I urge any user to proof-read the generated text before use.

   The laziness of the communicator is clearly exposed through ai generated materials by a diligent listener/reader.

3. Um and um… I use chatgpt and my children love it because they think it is there to replace their lack of intellect on a subject matter. Chatgpt can be used as an unofficial source of research but should never be misused as completely credible or a replacement for everything we don’t know. Chatgpt should merely enhance what we already know and help us to better articulate that knowledge.
   Btw, this generation of students don’t even know how to take advantage of a giveaway even when it’s right in front of them. The answer would be staring them in the face and they still don’t know the answer. So I don’t even know. Chatgpt is not going to replace the lack of common sense or turn our students into scholars. It will create an even larger vacuum in their brains and reasoning abilities. But yes jack, technology is the key.

4. I just wanted to leave this here for the Minister to watch
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bk-nQ7HF6k4

5. Whilst I understand the Minister’s POV, there are a few points to ponder:
   1) Right now in some Asian countries there is an unemployment crisis caused by too many students opting to go into computer science fields that were the next big thing and not having that much work available after graduation. Students should study these fields but not every student needs to.
   2) AI is notorious for producing wrong information and information heavily biased towards misconceptions it learned online. It also does random crazy things from time to time since it has been fed a lot of internet junk. Some persons have found that AI is most useful when directed to make use of quality information. In other words, the human directing the AI has to know what they’re doing and understand the work for themselves first. AI can then assist as a useful timesaver. But, it would be a mistake to assume that AI can do your thinking for you. So, students still need to be given a normal classical education and be taught how to think critically for themselves. They can use AI as a tool for a project from time to time, but it should not take over the educational process.
   3) The widespread use of technology will always be limited by factors such as cost, lack of resources, lack of skilled workers etc., difficulties with achievng a sound cohesive implementation in some workplaces etc. Even now, traditional computing has not been widely adopted. Workers still don’t properly implement computer systems, Programmers still don’t create the perfect software for areas they are not well versed in. It is unlikely that AI will ever be so perfect as to be fully implemented everywhere. So, traditional knowledge and skills are still needed.
   4) Many students are tired of technology coming out of the pandemic. They barely want to go online to access useful academic content (although they happily go online for their own leisure activities). Believe it or not, they enjoy real-world interactions with other humans in the learning process. So, whilst in theory AI “can revolutionize education”. In reality it probably won’t because human students won’t allow it. Sure they try to cheat using AI, but they don’t particularly try to learn using technology all that much. They occasional use of technology they welcome, but they dislike too much of it.
   5) Not every field requires AI. There is lots of traditional work that needs to be done in society.
   6) It’s not wise to put all your eggs in one basket. If technology fails then what? society falls apart? Conventional knowledge is still required by humans.
   Overall, students should still be taught and understand traditionally taught information, historical context, practical skills etc. They can also make use of AI as a tool from time to time if relevant to their field of work.

6. Apologies for the typos. I’m only human, and I didn’t have time to proofread or run this through AI before hitting Submit.

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