{"id":203,"date":"2024-07-12T16:07:42","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T14:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/terboven.com\/?p=203"},"modified":"2024-07-12T16:07:42","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T14:07:42","slug":"a-convincing-use-case-for-llms-in-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/terboven.com\/?p=203","title":{"rendered":"A convincing use case for LLMs in education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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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:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1: Will there be any aids allowed in the exam?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2: Will there be an oral or a written exam?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3: In which format will the written exam be carried out?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4: Will there be a final Q&A session at the end of the lecture?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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 ;-).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 … <\/p>\n

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