ChatGPT and the Frustrated Socrates

Autor/inn/en	Gregorcic, Bor; Pendrill, Ann-Marie
Titel	ChatGPT and the Frustrated Socrates
Quelle	In: Physics Education, 58 (2023) 3, Artikel 035021Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Gregorcic, Bor) ORCID (Pendrill, Ann-Marie)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0031-9120
Schlagwörter	Artificial Intelligence; Physics; Science Instruction; Scientific Concepts; Accuracy; Error Correction; Cheating; Educational Technology; Error Patterns + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Künstliche Intelligenz; Physik; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Korrektur; Prellen; Unterrichtsmedien; Fehlertyp
Abstract	We present a case study of a conversation between ourselves and an artificial intelligence-based chatbot ChatGPT. We asked the chatbot to respond to a basic physics question that will be familiar to most physics teachers: 'A teddy bear is thrown into the air. What is its acceleration in the highest point?' The chatbot's responses, while linguistically quite advanced, were unreliable in their correctness and often full of contradictions. We then attempted to engage in Socratic dialogue with the chatbot to resolve the errors and contradictions, but with little success. We found that ChatGPT is not yet good enough to be used as a cheating tool for physics students or as a physics tutor. However, we found it quite reliable in generating incorrect responses on which physics teachers could train assessment of student responses. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01