ChatGPT Panel: What it is, how it impacts universities, and how we might make “good” use of it
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I shared my perspective, focusing on critical theory and scholars who have been questioning language models for a long time, like Emily Bender who was recently profiled in this great article. It uses very accessible language, while also retaining a lot of the nuance in Bender’s stance. I ended by incorporating a technoskeptical perspective, taken from Civics of Technology’s curriculum. I wanted to build on a question that came up in a breakout room along these lines of “Who is harmed and who benefits from the technology?” In this case, who benefits and is harmed by chatbots like ChatGPT?