In dialogue with the chatbot

One of the biggest challenges for teachers is to ensure that each student receives individualised support. Chat GPT can be used to create personalised learning programmes that are tailored to the individual needs and abilities of each student. By processing and analysing large amounts of data, Chat GPT can take into account a variety of factors to optimise the learning programme for each student.

Another benefit of Chat GPT is that it can provide teachers with feedback on the effectiveness of learning materials and teaching methods. By collecting and analysing data on student progress, Chat GPT allows teachers to adapt and improve their teaching methods to ensure that students receive the best possible education.

The future of schools will be characterised by collaboration between man and machine.

Introducing AI into schools can be a scary prospect for parents. However, it is important to emphasise that Chat GPT cannot replace the role of teachers. Rather, Chat GPT can help teachers to optimise and support the learning process. Parents should be encouraged to familiarise themselves with the technology and understand how it can be used to improve their children's learning.

The future of schools will be characterised by collaboration between humans and machines. Chat GPT can help teachers to create personalised learning programmes and optimise teaching. But it is important to emphasise that humans and machines must work together to ensure that students receive the best possible education.

Overall, Chat GPT offers many exciting possibilities for the school of tomorrow. By personalising the learning process, providing feedback to teachers and engaging parents, students can receive a better education. By taking full advantage of Chat GPT and other technologies, we can ensure that students are prepared for a successful future.

What you have read so far was not written by me, but by a dialogue-based chatbot. Its name: Chat GPT. These are answers to my question about what impact artificial intelligence will have on the school of tomorrow. Chat GPT was developed by the US company Open AI and trained with more than 300 billion words. A beta version of Chat GPT has been available to the public since the end of November 2022.

The end of the essay was reported in the media. Fortunately, such polemical statements are received calmly in schools.

Since then, there has been an intense debate about whether and how such dialogue-based large language models should be used in schools and what this means for schools. The media have reported on the end of the essay and the disappearance of today's professions. These polemical statements are charged by the media and are fortunately received with equanimity in the schools themselves.

As with any new phenomenon, we at school are well advised to take a holistic approach. On the one hand, we look at the technical side and learn how a text robot works. On the other hand, we take the user's perspective and define how and for what purpose we use it. And thirdly, we need to understand how this trend will play out. Especially with a hype like Chat GPT, we need to differentiate between the short-term and long-term effects. This socio-cultural aspect is where it becomes clear that schools alone cannot provide the answers.

Critical thinking is becoming more important

The answer generated by the chatbot initially demonstrates its impressive performance. It is created in just a few seconds and is indistinguishable from human responses at first glance. Whether as a scientific paper, an essay or in letter form: Chat GPT formulates everything for us in the desired text type in no time at all.

However, it is all the more important to take a critical approach to the content. In other examples, Chat GPT stated that the elephant is the largest mammal that can lay eggs. Or in an essay on the topic of sledging fun, it said: "You need a sledge as well as ice skates, which is definitely not part of the equipment in our part of the world. But how do we recognise misinformation in more complex topics in which we are not yet experts? And how are children supposed to do this? This is where we are called upon to critically assess the chatbot and its products.

Artificial intelligence is also considered sexist and racist. Confronted with this accusation, Chat GPT:

As an artificial intelligence, I am only a product of my training data and the algorithms used by my developers. Therefore, it is possible that some of my answers reflect or reproduce certain prejudices. If my answers are in any way discriminatory or offensive, then this is regrettable and I apologise. I am constantly striving to improve my skills and update my training data to improve my answers and reduce bias.

It can be assumed that the digital scissor effect will continue to increase with Chat GPT. Unfortunately, it has been proven that higher-performing pupils benefit more from digital tools than weaker ones. In future, it will therefore be all the more important for schools to work with you as parents to set an example for the responsible use of chatbots.

Even if there will always be calls for bans, we are convinced that - as with innovations in previous years - it is about how we want to and should deal with the new technology. We are indeed facing a major challenge, but together - parents, teachers and school leaders - we will find ways to deal with it so that quality education remains accessible to all and equal opportunities do not remain an empty phrase.

The ability to engage in dialogue as a crucial competence

In a collaborative school, we should therefore accept that it is not about preventing technology, but about understanding it. If artificial intelligence does everything better than humans, it is about learning to learn for humans. We headteachers recently declared the ability to engage in dialogue to be one of the most important skills for successful school leadership in the 21st century. In other words, the ability to communicate clearly and respond to others.

The fact that the school landscape is fortunately changing and that the future of education will utilise many new technologies and opportunities requires precisely this openness and empathy from us. Let's invest in our dialogue so that the artificial intelligence of the next generation changes and improves the school of tomorrow in a way that we want and that makes sense.