The use of large language models (LLMs) in the context of education continues to be a subject of intense discussion. This ranges from strictly forbidding their use as evil to avoiding any issue by considering them as better spell checkers. I am not going to enter the discussion here, but I want to contribute a convincing use case:
![A screenshot showing Google Gemini summarizing the content of two slides and answering four questions on this content.](https://terboven.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Screenshot-Google-Gemini-PDP-formalities-pixelized-3-e1720793124237-1024x689.png)
This screenshot – unfortunately in German – shows how I uploaded the introduction slide deck of my lecture PDP to Google Gemini and asked the questions we get asked most frequently:
1: Will there be any aids allowed in the exam?
2: Will there be an oral or a written exam?
3: In which format will the written exam be carried out?
4: Will there be a final Q&A session at the end of the lecture?
Gemini correctly answers all four questions. The slides showing part of the answer are on the screenshot’s right. I guess I will bring this screenshot to the Q&A session on July 16th to avoid the first four questions, and you should not take this blog post too seriously ;-).