Observations about engaging with historical mathematical problems with help of ChatGPT for classroom work in schools and undergraduate courses

Eugenio Diaz-Barriga; José Alexandre dos Santos Vaz Martins

doi:10.34624/id.v16i2.35776

Authors

Eugenio Diaz-Barriga
José Alexandre dos Santos Vaz Martins Polytechnic of Guarda https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9947-0894 (unauthenticated)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34624/id.v16i2.35776

Keywords:

Artificial Intelligence with ChatGPT version 3.5 (AI), History of Mathematics (HM), Visualization in Mathematics, calculators with CAS, Dynamic Geometry

Abstract

Currently, there is great interest in incorporating the use of Artificial Intelligence with ChatGPT version 3.5 (AI) into day-to-day school academic work. It has been used, for example, in the search for information, in the processing of large volumes of data to carry out tests and calculations. We report here, however, some risks when exploring several topics that involve classic problems, an invaluable source of educational resources for the classroom. Based on this, we propose a non-exhaustive list of considerations for classroom work in schools and undergraduate courses with this computing resource, as well as some development routes for the improvement of AI.

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