GPT 4o and What it Means for Education

It’s best to think of it as a personal tutor, research assistant and lab partner.

chatgpt, a teacher, a wise role model, a friend that always helps and never gets bored of you, never.

Finally the school will teach to those that want to learn and are passionate about something

As a teacher and artist, it's refreshing to find people able to escape the rejection bias to reason realistically and long-term about AI. I have been saying for two years that education is becoming obsolete at a record pace and no one seems to want to do anything.

I think we need to re-evaluate the entire point of education. The how and what of education are their own questions that I see a lot of thinking about. The why, much less so. Within ten years, virtually every 'job' we currently get paid for will be supplanted by AI and robotics. It does not appear to be the case that we will just develop other jobs as we have in the past as machines supplanted human labor, as there will be NO task that the AIs and robots will not be able to do better. Work is likely to become completely optional, with most human beings living off of a Universal Basic Income. The critical skill then will be how to find meaning and fulfillment in a post scarcity world. I do believe the most critical skills will be those children learn in play, how to engage in social interaction and simply find joy.

As a PhD candidate, it's already affecting how people write grants, perform literature searches, conduct data analysis, etc. I sometimes wonder whether it affects academia at the PhD level positively or negatively, given the nature of publishing or perish. In a couple of years, every laboratory will have AI data scientists and bioinformatics

- First, as a fellow teacher (for decades), I've been interested in "computers in education" for many years. - I have used computers in education as a teacher, and a student. - The success has been "mixed", and progress has been "stuttered". - But now, w/ recent advances in LLM AI, significant improvements may be under way.

As a retired teacher, I'm glad that I am retired. : / For reference, I was the first teacher in my district (10,000 students) to create his own teacher website where students and parents had access to my syllabus, home school tips and links to relevant information. This was in 2001, so technology in education has always been a passion of mine. While teachers won't be going extinct anytime soon, the demand for qualified teachers will diminish with time going forward. Early on it will likely be the students with parents who possess higher education achievements and better financial stability who will opt for AI-based education for their children. Over over time this divide will diminish. Schools will eventually transform into places that focus on developing social skills such as collaboration, teamwork and experiential learning, as well as serving as a safe place for children to be while their parents are at work. For strictly knowledge/information acquisition, it will be hard to beat a personalized AI agent who "knows" the student better than anyone, knows how the student learns optimally and who grows and stays with the student throughout their "formal" education years.

I've been thinking about personalization in education with AI. An AI teacher who is available 24/7 and always in the optimal mood and energy level. Another thing is the curation of teaching style, speed and methodology which can be customised for an individual student. Thirdly we have the issue of mental health where society is changing rapidly and students need a safe and nurturing space rather than the survival of the fittest fake jungle structure we have had so far. And finally we will also be able to move away from the false ideas of meritocracy and bottleneck progression. All this is only possible if we as humans are willing to grow with our technology.

I tried to convince an online English teacher on here about using AI and the proper way to use it, but he was dead set on hating it and wouldn't even want to consider talking about the issues he was having in class with an AI researcher and communicator. Pretty sure he won't have his job for long tbh.

We are in an amazing time and done right, students could be in a fantastic position, yet my biggest fear is that the old fashion book may fall short, and not be used as much as it should anymore. If there is some balance that could be reached to make sure that books never go away, this old foundation could always be of help (maybe?). It's really difficult to say but definitely requires a lot of brainstorming to find the best way forward with AI and education and for us all.

When I was a professor in Mexico this would have been an extremely useful tool for teaching I think we need a version created just for teachers and one for students the teacher one so we can actually control the lessons and then each student can have individual teaching through assisted learning and also have them individually trailered to them

Considering math was the only thing left behind and it now being olympiad level at a one shot changes it all.

I wonder the phrase "you will not have calculators all the time", and now every1 will have a simulated person in their pocket with all the knowledge of the world. Education will change for sure.

Interesting point- like with the existing education system, have to wonder how much the corporate buyout of the education system will replace factual education with advertising.

Here is the source of the OpenAI Spring update video: Video clip source: Open AI: https://youtu.be/DQacCB9tDaw

It means that our current educational model is even more ridiculous than before.

Here are some informative details about GPT-4.o's release: help.openai.com/en/articles/7102672-how-can-i-acce…

Obviously in a few years this will be absolutely commonplace, if not paramount to the education system. There are some things that need to be worked out; but the issues are being solved at a rapid pace.

I can see schools being optional at some point, and a lot more freedom is available for students/individuals to pursue their own dreams or goals at a much younger age. When you have GPT-6 or a teacher that can teach anything without hallucinating, and can guide you to what you want to learn...that's the key, people have more freedom to choose what to learn now, so it will render General Education obsolete. I hated the school system here in America having to take so many classes I wasn't interested in, and even at college I had to do Math, English, and a bunch of things not related to my passion (Music, and Languages) . I can understand having general subjects for elementary school, but even a lot of other countries let people specialize at a younger age than here. Schools kill creativity and individualism when they make everyone learn the same thing. Also having to sit in chairs for so much time from a young age, led me to osteoporosis in my 30s 😅 There should be a lot more breaks, like every 15-20 mins, even as adults at offices it's healthy to have more freedom to move around. If I could I would've had PE for 3-4 periods throughout the day , it was my favorite class lol