Instead, it was a resource, a starting point, an inherently imperfect and incomplete guide to reliable sources. Wikipedians agree it should never be cited definitively and could be dangerous if used uncritically for high-risk decisions. Yet the people who wrote Wikipedia didn’t naively trust it. Schools banned Wikipedia while school officials shamed students who read it, and some even argued Wikipedia undermined the idea of truth. In the mid-2000s, there was panic about students using this new, uncertain and unreliable information resource. More importantly, I realized there were striking parallels to Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia anyone can edit, which I’ve edited since 2004 and extensively researched. One reason is because these systems are rapidly developing, so today’s flaws may be fixed tomorrow.Ĭommentary Opinion: Advancements in artificial intelligence pose questions about the future of humanityįrom the classroom to the boardroom, artificial intelligence is raising questions about how it can advance humanity - and how it might destroy it. But I soon realized that this was the wrong direction. I began to immunize my assignments, crafting prompts that ChatGPT would get wrong. I found similar “hallucinations” when I asked for direct quotes from a reading. It gave relevant topics and readings, including several new readings from my favorite scholars - which did not exist. On a whim, I had ChatGPT generate a syllabus for my class. Due to how ChatGPT works, I knew it would be difficult or impossible to definitively detect its use. When I gave it my favorite assignments, it always passed my rubrics with remarkably average essays. I’d used Natural Language Processing methods before GPT-1, but ChatGPT felt different. I was preparing for my winter Data and Culture class when ChatGPT exploded on the scene. I teach several courses at UC San Diego in communication and data science about the use and abuse of data, digital platforms, algorithms, personalization and artificial intelligence. Geiger, Ph.D., is assistant professor in the Department of Communication, Halicioglu Data Science Institute and Institute for Practical Ethics at UC San Diego.
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