Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community

This is a longish and wide-ranging article in response to an OpenAI Education 'summit' for education leaders held last week in San Francisco. Marc Watkin's primary take is that "there was no roadmap or vision for shifting students from the free version of ChatGPT to the educational version of the tool" where, presumably, they would be required to pay for it. Personally, I think the answer is pretty easy: all ChatGPT has to do is charge money for access to upgrades and new services. The free access students enjoy now will be a toy compared to what will be available in a year. Anyhow, the article is a good overview of the summit, but most of Watkins's criticism consists of questions he had that were not answered at the seminar. 

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