ChatGPT Transforms a Classroom + Is 'M3GAN' Real?

Hard Fork

The New York Times

Technology

4.3 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2023

⏱️ 62 minutes

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A high school teacher on how the new chatbot from OpenAI is transforming her classroom — for the better. And, “M3GAN” may be closer than you think. Plus: Why Gen Z is chasing the digital camera aesthetic.

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0:00.0	Hello Casey. Hey Kevin.
0:02.8	We're gonna start the show in just a second, but first I want to tell our listeners about another New York Times podcast that I think they might enjoy.
0:10.8	Why did you tell me about a podcast? Sure. So this show is called First Person. It's hosted by Lulugarsia Navarro and this week's episode is a sort of hard-for-key
0:20.2	episode. It's an interview with this guy named Kyle Weans. Do you know Kyle Weans?
0:24.0	Yeah, he's the CEO of IFixit, right? Correct. Yes, I fix it the website that basically teaches you how to fix your gadgets and
0:32.6	he's also become a major figure in this movement that's known as right to repair.
0:38.2	You know, right to repair? Yeah, you know, this is a basic idea that if you own a gadget that you should be able to fix it and it shouldn't be
0:45.2	up to the manufacturer of that thing whether you can fix it or not. Right, which sounds pretty obvious, but has been a topic that has been very
0:51.5	contentious in the tech industry for a long time. Lots of companies including Apple have fought this sort of right to repair movement and Kyle has become
0:59.8	sort of the leader of that movement and
1:01.8	recently he got a big victory when New York State passed its new right to repair law, which is the first such law in the country.
1:10.0	Basically requires tech companies to make it easier for you to fix the stuff that they sell you so that you don't have to keep buying new phones and new phones and new phones and filling up landfills.
1:18.7	So really interesting conversation and I think listeners of this show will enjoy it. So go check it out. It's called first person. You can find it in your podcast app. Let's get started with the show.
1:33.2	I'm Kevin Russe. I'm a tech columnist at the New York Times. I'm Casey Newton from platformer. This week on the show a high school English teacher tells us how chat GPT has already transformed her school.
1:43.7	Why Gen Z is obsessed with 20 year old digital cameras and our exclusive review of the hit new horror movie and living meme Megan.
1:52.4	Charlie!
1:55.4	Hello.
1:56.4	Oh, hi.
1:57.4	How are you?
1:58.7	Doing well, how are you?
2:00.2	I'm very good.
2:01.8	Would you just start by introducing yourself to our listeners?
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