Resources for exploring ChatGPT and higher education

What might ChatGPT mean for higher education and society?

Today I’m hosting a Future Trends Forum session on the topic (please do join us!). Here I’d like to offer some resources in support of it, for participants and anyone else interested.

To begin with, here’s the OpenAI page introducing the bot and a button to press to start it up.

Next, resources, including readings, podcasts, and videos. Each has a few words about why I found them to be useful.

Readings

Ian Bogost, “ChatGPT Is Dumber Than You Think: Treat it like a toy, not a tool” critiques the technology, seeing it as an epic purveyor of bullshit, then asks us to consider the bot as a kind of toy or instrument to play with the broad sweep of digital content.

Katy Ilonka Gero, “AI Reveals the Most Human Parts of Writing” argues for AI as a writing assistant, especially helping with the less imaginative parts of composition and creativity.

Nancy Gleason, “ChatGPT and the rise of AI writers: how should higher education respond?” recommends alternative assessments as well as having students use chatbots to produce writing they can critique.

David Golumbia, “ChatGPT Should Not Exist” charges generative AI with nihilism and a bad view of humanity.

Daniel Herman, “The End of High-School English: I’ve been teaching English for 12 years, and I’m astounded by what ChatGPT…