ChatGPT and the Limitations of AI in College Essay Writing
PART III: The Obvious Limitations of AI LLMs in Writing College Admissions Essays It’s easy to be dazzled initially by AI LLM’s established competencies. Chat Gpt essay writing is clear, concise, accessible, semi-sophisticated syntactically, and so, so fast. It’s not until you start deconstructing the results and comparing them across hundreds of iterations that […]
What College Applicants Can Learn About Essay Writing from AI LLMs
Exhibit A: AI LLMs Are Incapable of Writing Authentic College Admissions Essays That AI eviscerates the very concept of authenticity is not news. Earlier this year, a flock of articles in Forbes, The Atlantic, and New York Magazine highlighted the inability of the bots to craft an authentic voice—a “most important” quality in successful […]
Disadvantages of AI-Powered Essay Writing
Why the Growing Popularity of AI LLMs for Admissions Essay Writing is Bad News for Aspiring Ivy Leaguers College application season is upon us, and this year may herald a new admissions era—for the first time in history, all applicants have access to generative artificial intelligence (AI). Already, surveys suggest roughly 20% of students are […]
ChatGPT for College Applications: Should AI Apply?
ChatGPT for College Applications is a hot topic as a new school year dawns for the Northern Hemisphere. This means a new crop of high school seniors are staring down the dreaded college admissions process. To secure their place at the institution of higher learning of their choice, many of these students will need to […]
Key Insights into the Utility of AI in College Essays
On November 30, 2022, OpenAI launched an early demo of ChatGPT, the advanced language model that preceded a host of new language models, and forever changed the conversation around college admissions. But, as with any new technological development, uncertainty abounds as to its appropriate use, and some strategic insight can help you […]