Is AI reporting reliable?, App membership fee for filling out college entrance examination preferences is not cheap. Reporter | College Entrance Examination | App
With the opening of the national college entrance examination score inquiry system, the application of college entrance examination preferences has attracted much attention.
The reporter of Beijing Youth Daily noticed that this year, many platforms introduced new tools such as "artificial intelligence, AI reporting", and used Internet crawler technology to collect relevant information in the field of education, thus generating "volunteer reporting" consulting products.
At the same time, many illegal elements have also targeted the field of voluntary application and carried out fraud.
The "one-on-one service" of volunteer application apps is sold out immediately upon launch
As college entrance examination students from various regions begin to fill out their preferences, various types of volunteer application consulting agencies continue to be popular. The Beijing Youth Daily reporter on the Tianyancha App used the keyword "college entrance examination volunteer application" as the keyword, with a total of 2435 results, most of which are information companies related to college entrance examination volunteer application. From the perspective of establishment time, the longest is over 10 years, and the shortest is less than a month. The Beijing Youth Daily reporter noticed that many companies have also applied for relevant patents for filling out their college entrance examination preferences. For example, a certain educational technology company's "big data based prediction of admission score before filling out college entrance examination preferences" and a network security technology company's "big data analysis based college entrance examination preference filling method".
There are also hundreds of apps related to "filling out college entrance examination preferences" in the mobile app store. Some apps claim to use AI intelligence and big data functions, combined with college entrance examination scores and past admissions of universities, to intelligently calculate the admission probability of the school. On e-commerce platforms, there are also many types of products that offer the "college entrance examination volunteer filling card" service of "big data analysis intelligent personalized recommendation schools", with prices ranging from 200 yuan to thousands of yuan.
The Beijing Youth Daily reporter downloaded one of the apps and used a score of 615 for a Fujian science candidate as an example to input information. The app showed 138 universities with relevant majors to choose from, with admission probabilities ranging from 6% to 99%. However, the app only provides a list of 23 low probability universities. The remaining 115 high probability lists require membership to be displayed. In terms of price, the 5-hour experience for members is 88 yuan, regular VIP members charge 518 yuan, and "one-on-one" super VIP members charge 7998 yuan. The Beijing Youth Daily reporter noticed that this type of super member has been sold out. The customer service representative of this app explained that the Super VIP membership program is fully serviced one-on-one by experienced teachers, and is limited in quantity for each session. It was sold out as soon as it went online.
A parent of a Beijing college entrance examination candidate told the Beijing Youth Daily reporter that he has downloaded multiple similar apps and spent nearly 1000 yuan to inquire about relevant college entrance examination filling information. However, the predicted information of each app is quite similar and lacks personalized information. I can only provide you with a rough probability. "I also know that these apps cannot make the final decision for children to fill out their preferences, but seeing many parents using them in the parent group, I can't help but follow the trend and register."
Artificial intelligence has limitations in filling out preferences, which can be referenced but cannot be biased
With the popularity of artificial intelligence this year, ChatGPT filling out college entrance examination preferences has also become one of the hot topics. The Beijing Youth Daily reporter conducted a manual test on ChatGPT. "How should I fill out my preferences for physics majors in Fujian's college entrance examination with a score of 615?" ChatGPT answered that the target universities include Xiamen University, Fuzhou University, University of Science and Technology of China, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Zhejiang University, Renmin University of China, and Sun Yat sen University. In fact, according to relevant information obtained by a reporter from Beiqing Daily, the physics class of Fujian's college entrance examination ranked about 8000 in the province this year. Based on previous years' admission scores, except for Fuzhou University, the admission scores and rankings of other universities are several tens of points higher than those of 615.
"Which universities can I apply to with a score of 612 in the Beijing college entrance examination?" The Beijing Youth Daily reporter asked multiple times using different keywords and found that each answer had different answers. In one answer, it provided different combinations such as "Peking University, Renmin University of China, Beijing Normal University, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beihang University, and Beijing Foreign Studies University". ChatGPT suggests that in addition to the aforementioned universities, other distinctive universities can also be considered, such as Communication University of China, Central Academy of Drama, Central Conservatory of Music, and so on. At the same time, it is also necessary to pay attention to the enrollment plans and admission score lines of each university, and make choices based on their actual situation. After searching for relevant data, the Beijing Youth Daily reporter found that ChatGPT is clearly not intelligent in filling out college entrance examination preferences. According to the distribution of scores for the 2023 Beijing National College Entrance Examination released by the Beijing Education Examination Institute on June 25th, the ranking of 612 points in the city is 8147, indicating a low probability of being admitted to Peking University.
An artificial intelligence expert told the Beijing Youth Daily reporter that ChatGPT and most artificial intelligence models are not specifically trained for filling in preferences. The training of algorithms largely depends on the selection of training data, including modeling methods, how candidates, schools, and majors are evaluated, and the difficulty of college entrance examination questions varies every year, as well as the exam papers in different regions. So, relying on artificial intelligence to fill out preferences currently has limitations. However, the role of such tools cannot be completely denied. Big data-driven AI algorithms can compensate for information asymmetry, which can be used as a reference for college entrance examination candidates and parents, but cannot be biased.
Volunteer guidance recognizes "official information" and beware of being deceived
The Beijing Youth Daily reporter learned that "filling out college entrance examination preferences" has already formed a complete industrial chain. Taking a certain volunteer application as an example, its user group mainly includes four categories: the first major user group is students and parents; The second largest user group is universities; The third largest user group is educational institutions; The fourth largest user group is senior students who have already entered university and well-known college entrance examination volunteer consultation experts, who provide consultation services through enrollment.
Taking advantage of parental anxiety and information asymmetry, many scammers have also targeted the process of filling out college application preferences. According to the disclosure of the public security department, some criminals impersonate "authoritative experts" and claim to have access to "internal big data", using intermediaries, websites, apps, etc. to guide candidates in filling out voluntary applications and defraud them of money.
According to a report from a certain public security organ, a consulting agency has advertised "successfully partnering with C9, 985, and 211 universities" and "forming a team of authoritative volunteer filling experts from well-known affiliated universities.". In fact, the relevant departments have never issued professional qualification certificates such as "College Entrance Examination Volunteer Planner". Some of the so-called "volunteer planners" in the organization are temporary recruited social personnel who rush to work after only a few days of training. There are also some "volunteer application experts" who have not attended university and provide guidance to candidates and parents according to the "lines" trained by the headquarters. Parents who purchase services from these institutions not only spend unjustified money, but are also irresponsible for their children's future.
The official website of the Ministry of Education has issued an early warning: there are institutions or individuals in the society who, through the Internet, telephone, face-to-face inquiry and other means, carry out college volunteer reporting guidance activities for examinees and parents and charge high service fees. There are problems such as inaccurate policies, false information, misleading and even fraud. And listed including false claims of internal information, exaggeration and false advertising; Falsely claiming to have insiders and impersonating expert identities; Fake claims can provide accurate guidance, but in reality, they carry out various fraudulent methods such as fraud.
It is reported that from June 22nd to 28th, the "2023 College Entrance Examination Online Consultation Week" will be held on the "Sunshine College Entrance Examination Information Platform" of the Ministry of Education. Provincial enrollment and examination institutions and universities participate, providing consultation, guidance, and services for national candidates and parents in filling out voluntary applications through text Q&A and video live streaming. Candidates can participate in the consultation week through the relevant webpage of "Sunshine College Entrance Examination Information Platform", WeChat official account, applet, etc. The Ministry of Education reminds candidates to seek official and authoritative volunteer guidance services as much as possible, and to be wary of the scam of "high priced volunteer guidance" by individuals or off campus training institutions.
The Beijing Education Examination Institute also reminds candidates and parents to carefully identify various enrollment information, and to use the official information released by the Beijing Education Examination Institute and various enrollment colleges and universities as the basis. Do not listen to various rumors, beware of being deceived, and beware of the occurrence of "black intermediaries" enrollment fraud.
