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Emeritus Professor, Institute of Educational Technology @IETatOU @OpenUniversity @FutureLearn. #edtech #MOOC #openscience. Innovative learning at massive scale
Dec 16, 2022 8 tweets 2 min read
How to write an academic paper in 10 minutes with GPT-3. First, I chose at random the title of a real paper. I chose Hutchins et al., “Domain-Specific Modeling Languages in Computer- Based Learning Environments" from Int. Jnl. AIED. 🧵 Then I asked GPT-3 to generate alternative Abstracts, just from the title. I chose one that looked like a review paper, as it's more likely in a review that GPT-3 will cite existing studies rather than invent research. The abstract looks well structured and suitably academic. /2
May 10, 2022 12 tweets 3 min read
This "student essay" was written by an AI Transformer program. I gave it a prompt "The construct of learning styles is problematic because " and it generated the rest, including the headings and references. AI Transformer technology will disrupt education. Here's how. 🧵1/ The most obvious disruption is students submitting assignments generated by AI. That's already happening. Anyone can sign up for an account with the GPT-3 Transformer then go to its "Playground", type the opening words of an assignment, press Submit and let it do the rest. /2