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most citedThe Death of the Short-Form Physics Essay in the Coming AI Revolution

191 citations · 311 across the 6 of their papers we have counts for

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cs.AI2026

The Answer Is Not the Argument

Will Yeadon, Sergio Juárez, Paul Mackay +5

Chain-of-thought monitoring is proposed for AI oversight, yet evaluations often provide monitors with a trusted reference answer. We ask whether answer access improves verification…

cs.CL2024★ 37 cited

A comparison of Human, GPT-3.5, and GPT-4 Performance in a University-Level Coding Course

Will Yeadon, Alex Peach, Craig P. Testrow

This study evaluates the performance of ChatGPT variants, GPT-3.5 and GPT-4, both with and without prompt engineering, against solely student work and a mixed category containing b…

physics.ed-ph2024★ 3 cited

Evaluating AI and Human Authorship Quality in Academic Writing through Physics Essays

Will Yeadon, Elise Agra, Oto-obong Inyang +2

This study evaluates short-form physics essay submissions, equally divided between student work submitted before the introduction of ChatGPT and those generated by OpenAI…

physics.ed-ph2023★ 74 cited

The Impact of AI in Physics Education: A Comprehensive Review from GCSE to University Levels

Will Yeadon, Tom Hardy

With the rapid evolution of Artificial Intelligence (AI), its potential implications for higher education have become a focal point of interest. This study delves into the capabili…

physics.ed-ph2022★ 191 cited

The Death of the Short-Form Physics Essay in the Coming AI Revolution

Will Yeadon, Oto-Obong Inyang, Arin Mizouri +2

The latest AI language modules can produce original, high quality full short-form (-word) Physics essays within seconds. These technologies such as ChatGPT and davinci-003 are…

physics.ed-ph2021★ 6 cited

Thermodynamics education for energy transformation: a Stirling Engine experiment

Will Yeadon, Mark Quinn

We present a thermodynamics experiment suitable for first year undergraduate students employing Stirling Engines to create a demonstration of energy transformation and to measure t…