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Wednesday, January 25, 2023

How ChatGPT robs students of motivation to write and think for themselves

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whether AI, more generally, threatens student writing skills, the value of writing as a process, and the importance of seeing writing as a vehicle for thinking.

At some point, if you depend on a predictive text (program), you’re going to lose your spelling abilities.” 

AI tools can also affect a person’s writing voice. One person in my survey said that with predictive texting, “I don’t feel I wrote it”.

Crafting written work should be a journey, not just a destination.

Qn: To what extent has technology had a negative impact on the skill levels of people? (Cam. 2010)