Modern Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines: Teaching and Learning in a ChatGPT World
Carl Bergstrom
Time: April 13, 10:30-11:20
Location: TLC 029
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Sponsored by the Department of Mathematics and Statistical Science.
Large language models (LLMs) have upended education. Students and faculty alike are struggling with the pace of change. Over the past two years, Jevin West and I have developed a general education course Modern Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines, for every college freshman and high school student wanting to reflect on what it means to be human in an LLM-infused world. The course takes a collaborative learning approach to a fundamental question grounded in the humanities: how can we learn and thrive with LLMs? In this talk, I provide a overview of the course, discuss what we have learned about teaching undergraduates to think about what it means to be a learner, scholar, and human being in a ChatGPT world, and reflect on the challenges of teaching about this rapidly- evolving technology.
Also see thebullshitmachines.com.
