Please teach your students not to do this

[jonmsterling@mathstodon.xyz]

Please teach your students not to do this.

I understand there is a continuum between spellcheck/grammar check and LLMs, and there could be ways to use LLMs to improve wording or grammar, etc.

But please teach your students not to use LLMs to “draft content”. I don't care if they disclose it (tbh, I prefer they don't!). I don't care if they "take responsibility for the content".

The thing about writing is that it has a social function. The social function is *not* to cause text to exist. The social function is to communicate from your mind to my mind. Text is the means, not the end. If you must use an LLM, skip it and just send me the prompt.

(No, I'm not going to link to the paper. The point is not to dunk on people who end up on the wrong side of a social question. The point is to do better.)

[rysiek@mstdn.social]

@jonmsterling thank you for saying this! I think this is also on topic and useful:
https://distantprovince.by/posts/its-rude-to-show-ai-output-to-people/

[ukeleleeric@mstdn.social]

@rysiek @jonmsterling I wish more people would read this. Whenever someone mentions that they used AI for something, I usually switch off, and try to remember never to interact with that person again. I DON'T want to hear what a word-jumbler came up with when you switched it on.