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Will AI undermine the value of an online degree?
12-Jul-23
Online education offers access to programs for many who can't afford the time or tuition of a traditional degree, but they rely heavily on written assignments and quizzes that AI can easily answer.
Can online schools survive in the world of ChatGPT, BingChat etc.?
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  • AI will undermine almost everything
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    • Well friends, this is my good bye. On Tuesday after doing at least 5 surveys,I had acquired 17,789 points. Wednesday after a whole morning with no points showing I was told my points were 16,398 after having completed another slew of surveys. Goodbye and good luck fellas, I hate cheats!
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      • AI will pose challenges to civilization and people, as did the Industrial Revolution in the 19th Century or the introduction of computers in the workplace. AI is an extension of this, and it will be interesting to see how people and the workplace will change.
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        • Yes. I don't think so easy online but end of the day it's up person
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          • AI undermines humanity
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            • Iron n clay don't mix we human we spiritual
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              • It looks like traditional degrees have no place in this current AI environment. Only significance is traditional degree holders seem to have more life experience based on knowledge than the current AI education. AI can do nice essays and stories etc. but I always thought that there's something missing with those writing pieces. I feel it's a bit artificial in the true meaning of AI.😀🤪😍
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                • May already be too late. I know people who worked o mine and it seemed to me that they didn’t have to work as hard as I did in person. Online degrees are getting a bad rep—too easy to cheat the system.
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                  • It's already happening : ((. So sad, lecturer in UNI marked assignment by computer algorithm back to 20 years ago. I wasn't impressed they have not have the courtesy to read n marked each assignment.
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                    • With AI out there no online learning and degrees should be allowed.
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                      • Yeah it probably would. Depends what you're studying though because some subjects are more practical than others so you'll no doubt have to display broader knowledge in job interviews via tests. For example STEM jobs often involve tests during the recruitment process so if people got their degree assisted by AI and missed out that key knowledge then their degree is rendered useless.
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                        • Yep
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                          • A1 is scary where will the world be in 30 years time.
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                            • Honestly, technology scares me. So much has changed since I was born in 1947. The Viet Nam war is the worst thing I can think of that happened, and Kennedy's assassination, but we used pencils, pens, paper and our brains to learn. Of course my toys were pipe cleaners, wooden thread spools, toothpicks, rubber bands, wooden clothes pins, clay, crayons, coloring books, paper, paint sets, jacks and a jump rope!
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                              • a man and his son went to an exhibition which was to show how smart A I is so he says to his boy go and ask the computer where I am hiding, the boy complies and asks, and the computer quickly responds your father is in France, but don't tell that to the idiot in the next room,, my son has one of those smart homes, every time I go there I whisper , why do you whisper dad, because these ai things hear everything we say,i laugh, he laughs,Alexus laughs
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                                • Definitely!
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                                  • There are still questions being asked that answers are not always correct
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                                    • I've read several responses to this discussion that were written by AI. Lol
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                                      • "Cheaters never prosper", so if you think you can sit back and stream tv shows and eat bon bons while a computer program earns your paycheck, think again.
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                                        • No, people wish, but school and a degree will still be super important, if not more.
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                                          • I believe it will. Having seen the work AI can produce. It's unreal.
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                                            • Remember when the hot discussion du jour centered on whether calculators should be allowed to elementary school students??. ShaZAM ...! ! The world didn't end. This will be similar: a tool to be used properly.
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                                              • Excellent point
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                                            • Only AI can answer that...
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                                              • need more development
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                                                • Rewardia is already undermining us with the use of AI to cheat on our actual daily point scores. Have kept my own totals, yesterday 1400 points disappeared!
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                                                  • Yes, and not only the on line degrees, but many other things
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                                                    • Probably
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                                                      • Yes definitely degrees are debased in Australia
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                                                        • I don't agree with chatGPT as it is too easy to cheat. If there is a clear way of knowing that the students are using their own knowledge then some help would be ok, from what I have seen from my family they are not learning the basics and that wll let them down in the future
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                                                          • Simple answer to your question "Can online schools survive in the world of ChatGPT, BingChat etc.?" is Yes that can but the real question is does it devalue the degree which it most certainly does.
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                                                            • I was unsure, so I asked AI (ChatGPT) and it answered: Artificial intelligence (AI) is expected to have a significant impact on education in the future. However, it is unlikely that AI will undermine the value of an online degree. According to an article by Forbes, online education is becoming more popular and is expected to continue to grow in the future1. In fact, some universities are now offering online degrees in AI2.While AI can help automate certain tasks and make learning more efficient, it cannot replace human interaction and critical thinking skills that are essential for higher education. Therefore, it is unlikely that AI will undermine the value of an online degree1.I hope this helps!
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                                                              • Survive and thrive
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                                                                • YES
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                                                                  • Yes
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                                                                    • Probably, it'll be making decisions for us all
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                                                                      • To be or not to be
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                                                                        • I don't know but there is way too much a.i. out there and I don't like it
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                                                                          • Agree fully.
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                                                                        • It's important that people have easy access to education and for some that means online courses. With advancing AI it might mean that online courses will need to become less focused on the written word and more focused on group learning
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                                                                          • Personally, I think there is a place for robots in this world of ours. They can do the jobs that would release the human beings to do other things. I know education has changed quite significantly since I was at school, but you can't compete with a hands on teacher, teaching subjects that they are more than conversant with. How can a robot have the same understanding as a teacher in kindergarten & the early classes of school. I think to be taught by a robot in those early years would be more frightening than educational. Just my opinion.
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                                                                            • Agree
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                                                                          • probably
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                                                                            • The short answer is no. I don’t have too much faith in online courses in the first place, but it won’t be too long before AI sources start competing with each other. You just cannot replace “live instructors and lectures” or measure the value of “live discussions” with classmates. AI will develop all the course material, tests and assignments and the the student(?) will use AI to provide the answers.
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                                                                              • Robots etc all depend on human programming, surely it depends on the programmer.
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                                                                                • We need to be careful here as what if AI takes over teaching all together? Would our children become uncaring, robotic and too intelligent for their own good but then again could they come up with a cure for cancer? Where will it stop? What sort of things will AI be good for but we as a species are still going to want the human touch, the human understanding the need to be loved by a human surely. I am hoping by the time all this is full on I'll be gone and then I'll be like every one that has gone before me and say not my problem so why worry and stress over some thing I have no control over. Does any one?
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                                                                                  • Good questions! May I recommend being vary, very vary as these mechanical monstrosities will be infested with the very human traits of wanting to be top dog at any price, as for them human lives will be worthless.
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                                                                                    • Yes
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                                                                                      • Yes
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                                                                                        • Yes I think it will because I hear you can't tell an AI report from a human. That is scary
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                                                                                          • Why would an online degree be any different ? Yes the world will cope with technological advnces.
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                                                                                            • Have no idea about this at all.
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                                                                                              • Yes, no doubt.
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                                                                                                • Al is a very scary guy to me.
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                                                                                                  • There will be an AI based remedy to detect plagiarism. Too complicated though.
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                                                                                                    • Online not the same as in person such a loss for the new generations
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                                                                                                      • A lot of online items will not survive. what will happen to our society will change.
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                                                                                                        • The AI will be useful in various ways within our lives from learning to medical field; etc
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                                                                                                          • I think it would be a good learning experience to uses ChatGPT or Bing Chat for online learning.
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                                                                                                            • AI was created by people who are very smart with technology. What ever people created other people will bring it down. People have worked very hard to earned a degree, online or face to face tuition. I have no problem with online degree
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                                                                                                              • Yes, I feel they will undermine a degree. People have been plagerizing since their have been assignments. AI makes this even easier. It's sad.
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                                                                                                                • Lots of uniformed people don't understand that AI can help with a lot of things to make life better and safer. This has been going on as long as we have been on this planet .
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                                                                                                                  • Why don't they just wipe out humanity and replace with robots!!! Seems like the way it's heading! 🙍‍♀️
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                                                                                                                    • I am concerned AI will not teach proper things. It can only teach what is put into it, and that concerns me greatly, seeing what is going on in today's world.
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                                                                                                                      • No but I really do not like online schools. You can cheat for sure and it does neither the school ot the student any good.
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                                                                                                                        • Short answer! No, the cheats will get aways with it
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                                                                                                                          • Who knows. I only know these are going to take over peoples jobs in a World already struggling to find work.
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                                                                                                                            • An AI wife to do the shores around the house would be nice while my real one is at work
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                                                                                                                            • everything digital
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                                                                                                                              • I’m not sure
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                                                                                                                                • It applies to all study. The use of it is banned. To ensure someone actually understands the material being taught there must always be an element of class interaction and exams/tests. Online qualifications are dodgy.
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                                                                                                                                  • TY PAMELA
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                                                                                                                                    • I take classes online, I have never used AI, if you have to resort to that then don't take classes.
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                                                                                                                                      • NO! It called standardize testing at a physical site (college). Guess who writes the standardize test at a physical site (college) - AI (LOL)!
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                                                                                                                                        • not all that sure, it may or may not...
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                                                                                                                                          • Yes, if you have knowledgeable and caring lecturers. BTW they cost the same as traditional degrees if you study with a reputable University.
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                                                                                                                                            • Excellent point
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                                                                                                                                          • I don’t know enough to have an opinion
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                                                                                                                                            • Yes
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                                                                                                                                              • almost certainly...it will undermine all education...we are dumb enough as it is...we don't need any more help....
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                                                                                                                                                • Time will tell
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                                                                                                                                                  • YES MY DAUGHTER IS TAKING A COURSE ON LINE IT WILL COST FOR BOOKS AND AS OF RIGHT NOW .HER MARKS ARE IN THE MED TO HIGH 80 I AM SO PROUD OF HER. SHE HAS WORKED AT A PLACE FOR OVER 25 YEARS .NOE TO GET A NEW TOP SHE HAS TO GET HIGHER EDUCATION .AND AM SURE SHE WILL MIKE
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                                                                                                                                                    • Don't know but it might
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                                                                                                                                                      • Yes for some and no for others, but the standards for testing will likely have to change.
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                                                                                                                                                        • probably not!...good point
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