by PARKER ALBARIAN and RYAN ROTHMAN
Hey there Chadwick community! It’s Ryan and Parker here, the tech-savvy duo of Mainsheet.
We’ve been thinking about the future and the role of AI in our daily lives, and we gotta say, things are getting pretty wild. Just imagine a world where robots do all our homework and robots are our teachers. OK, we’re getting ahead of ourselves, but you get the picture.
So, what does AI mean for our private K-12 school? Well, for starters, we better brace ourselves for some serious technological advancements. Picture this: AI powered smartboards that can actually grade our essays in real-time. A virtual reality lab that makes us feel like we’re actually exploring the depths of the ocean. And, of course, robots that can fix all the tech issues we have, and we won’t have to call Hayden anymore (sorry, Hayden).
But on a serious note, AI has some implications that we need to be aware of. It’s important that we educate ourselves on the potential benefits and drawbacks of AI and ensure that our school is using technology in a responsible and ethical manner. With AI comes the need for increased security measures to protect our data and privacy. And let’s not forget the potential for AI to eliminate jobs and make certain skills obsolete.
But hey, let’s not get too caught up in the negative. We think AI has the potential to revolutionize the way we learn and interact with technology. And, let’s be honest, who wouldn’t want a robot to do their math homework?
So, here’s to the future of AI at Chadwick School! We can’t wait to see where this technology takes us and how it shapes our education. And if all else fails, we’ll just have Hayden fix it.
Signed,
Ryan & Parker
Mainsheet Co-Editors-in-Chief
Whoa, that was a terrible staff ed, right? Our past ones were so much better and funnier and insightful.
Surprise, we didn’t write that! As AI revolutionizes (destroys?) the world as we know it, the Mainsheet editors in chief decided to put Chat GPT to the test and generate the staff ed that we didn’t feel like writing.
We started with a basic prompt: Write a high school newspaper staff editorial on AI. Within seconds, the program spit out a solid, thoughtful perspective on … itself, complete with a headline and signature.
After each response, we added more information–our genders and ages, Parker’s November staff ed, Ryan’s December spotlight on Hayden Handler. We also gave further instructions: Address the implications of AI at a private K-12 school, speak from the perspective of two teenage girls, write in a less serious tone.
The scary thing is, it worked. We never input the words “Mainsheet” or “Chadwick School,” but based on the two articles, Chat GPT figured them out.
The generator’s only flaw seems to be in capturing distinct writing styles. Notice how we had to tell it to sound funnier? In one final version, we asked the pro-
gram to write more like Parker and ended up with:
Yo, yo, yo! It’s your boy Parker, and I’m here to talk about a topic that’s been on everyone’s mind lately: AI. That’s right, folks, we’re talking robots, automation, and all things futuristic. But what does that mean for our K-12 private school?
Obviously, AI has yet to completely figure out human gender or individual senses of humor. But despite that shortcoming, we’re sufficiently terrified. Where will we end up when anyone can enter a news event and quotes, and generate away? What use are our silly little graphic design skills when a computer can create centerfolds in the blink of an eye?
Chat GPT could probably wrap this column up way nicer, but we’re not pushing it. We hope you enjoyed this sobering glimpse into our future. And please, for
the sake of Honor Council, don’t use AI to write your papers.
*Headline generated by Chat GPT
Wow, what a special image! Can you believe that a Mainsheet cartoonist didn’t draw that? We don’t know why Parker is choking Ryan, but here is the prompt we gave …
“Two girls, both with brown hair, they have an arm around each others’ shoulders in a friendly way, the shorter girl has green eyes and the taller has brown, both girls have shoulder length hair.”
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