In this talk, I will approach this subject from an educational research perspective, in which we commonly use theoretical frameworks and models to try to explain the features of complex systems like human (and now machine) learning.
I will use two theoretical models—the improv artist (also called the stochastic parrot) and the conceptual blender—to highlight different ways of understanding the capabilities of large language models like ChatGPT, and contrast their implications for how we approach and use these tools.
Bio
Tor Ole Bigton Odden is Associate Professor at CCSE, UiO.
We will serve refreshments, coffee and tea. Welcome!
The bi-weekly ODD seminar series at CCSE
The Open Discussions on Didactics (ODD) is a seminar series on Mondays at 13:00-14:00 every other week (odd week numbers) at CCSE.
The seminar will be maximum one hour, often closer to half an hour. It is an informal arena to present and discuss learning theory, educational research and teaching experiences within computational science. To cater to the highly heterogeneous backgrounds and interests of students, teachers and researchers in our environment, we aim for seminars that introduce listeners to new ideas within a broad spectrum of aspects, and that invites reflection and discussion.
Presentations need not be mature and polished - to the contrary we hope that as many as possible wants to share undigested observations and reflections in short presentations of varied form and topics. We hope to have enough contributions to frequently have the meetings as lightning talk sessions, where three different speakers will each give a 5-10-minute presentation followed by discussion.