A whole new ballgame in cheating. Introducing ChatGPT

[Wahoo Redux]

How about asking "How did Bach influence *Kanye?" and seeing how insightful it is.

Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period who is known for his complex and intricate compositions for keyboard, such as the Well-Tempered Clavier and the Brandenburg Concert. Kanye West is a modern American rapper, songwriter, and record producer who has been influenced by a wide range of musical styles and artists. It is not clear how directly Bach has influenced West's music, but it is possible that West has been indirectly influenced by Bach through the many other musicians and composers who were inspired by Bach's work. Bach's music has had a lasting impact on Western classical music and has influenced many other artists throughout the centuries.

*(Or the Beatles, etc.)

Bach was a major influence on many classical and romantic composers, and his music was known to the Beatles. Bach's music was admired for its technical skill, musicality, and formal structure, and the Beatles borrowed from these elements in their own music. For example, the Beatles' song "Eleanor Rigby" includes a string octet arrangement inspired by Bach's Concerto for Two Violins in D minor. The use of counterpoint, a technique in which melodies are played or sung together in a way that is harmonically interesting, is also evident in the music of both Bach and the Beatles. Additionally, Bach's music was known for its emotional depth, and the Beatles often sought to evoke emotion in their own music.

Johann Sebastian Bach is a famous classical composer who lived in the 18th century. The Sex Pistols were a punk rock band that formed in the 1970s. It is unlikely that Bach had any direct influence on the Sex Pistols, as the two artists lived in different centuries and worked in very different musical genres. However, it is possible that the Sex Pistols, like many other musicians, were influenced by Bach's music indirectly, through the many composers and performers who were inspired by his work.

I am amused by the Kanye prompt.  So I tried a more likely prompt.

Ludwig van Beethoven was heavily influenced by the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Bach was an important figure in the Baroque period of music, and his work had a significant influence on the classical style of music that Beethoven helped to develop. Beethoven was especially fond of Bach's keyboard music, such as his keyboard concertos, and he studied these works closely in order to learn more about composition and technique. Beethoven's music often incorporates elements of counterpoint and polyphonic structure, which he learned from studying Bach's music. Additionally, Beethoven was influenced by the emotional depth and expressiveness of Bach's music, and he sought to create music that was similarly expressive and moving.

Incidentally, I received a "We're experiencing exceptionally high demand. Please hang tight as we work on scaling our systems." every time I used it.

Prepare, sinners.  The end is coming.

[Caracal]

I began with the prompt "Bach is the greatest composer of all time.  Agree or disagree." then hit "Regenerate response" or restarted the program with a new prompt.  The only editing I did was to eliminate any verbatim repeats in the language, and I arranged some of the text so it had at least some global structure.  Took a little less than 20 minutes while chatting and petting the dog.

It is difficult to definitively say who the greatest composer of all time is, as opinions on this matter vary greatly. However, Johann Sebastian Bach is certainly one of the most highly regarded and influential composers in the history of classical music. His contributions to the development of Western music are significant and enduring, and he is considered by many to be a master of counterpoint, harmony, and structure. Bach's music continues to be widely performed and studied today, and he is considered one of the greatest composers in the Western tradition.

He is known for his instrumental and choral works, such as the Brandenburg Concert, the Mass in B Minor, and the keyboard works known as the "Well-Tempered Clavier." Bach's music is characterized by its technical precision, complex musical structure, and use of counterpoint. These and many of his other works are considered masterpieces of Western music and are still widely performed and admired today. Bach was also an accomplished organist, and his music for the organ is particularly renowned. He was a prolific composer, writing music for a wide variety of instruments and ensembles, including the organ, harpsichord, violin, and choir. Bach's music is known for its technical complexity, emotional depth, and spiritual expression.  He made significant contributions to the development of the Baroque style and helped to establish many of the forms and techniques that are still in use in classical music today.  He is widely considered one of the greatest composers in the history of Western classical music.

Baroque music is a style of Western art music composed from approximately 1600 to 1750. Characterized by elaborate ornamentation and intricate counterpoint, it was the dominant style of music in Europe during the Baroque period. Some of the most famous composers of Baroque music include Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel, Antonio Vivaldi, and Claudio Monteverdi. Baroque music is known for its use of complex tonal counterpoint, elaborate ornamentation, and strong, dramatic contrasts. It was a major influence on the development of classical music, and many of the techniques and forms used in Baroque music are still in use today.

Bach's contributions to music were numerous and far-reaching. He is credited with the development of the modern tonal system, which forms the basis of Western classical music. He also pioneered the use of counterpoint, in which multiple melodies are combined in a way that is harmonically interesting and pleasing to the ear. Additionally, Bach's music had a strong influence on the development of classical music and continues to be an important reference point for composers to this day.

There are many reasons why Bach is considered great, including the following: Technical Mastery: Bach was a highly skilled musician and composer, and his music is known for its complex counterpoint and intricate musical structures.  Creativity: Bach was able to take existing musical forms and conventions and use them in innovative ways, creating new and original compositions.
Range: Bach composed music in a variety of different styles and forms, including choral works, solo instrumental pieces, and concertos.  Influence: Bach's music has had a lasting influence on classical music and has inspired many other composers.  Beauty: Many people consider Bach's music to be beautiful and emotionally powerful.  Overall, Bach's technical skill, creativity, range, influence, and beauty have all contributed to his reputation as a great composer.

It is difficult to say what his "best" work is, as it is a matter of personal opinion and many of his works are highly regarded for their technical proficiency, artistic beauty, and historical significance. Some of his most famous works include the Brandenburg Concert, the Mass in B Minor, the Well-Tempered Clavier, and the St. Matthew Passion. Other notable works include the Cello Suites, the Partitas for solo violin, and the Toccata and Fugue in D Minor.

The Toccata and Fugue in D minor is a famous organ piece composed by Bach in the early 18th century. It is one of Bach's most famous works and is a staple of the organ repertoire. The toccata is an virtuosic, fast-paced piece that showcases the performer's technical skill, while the fugue is a contrapuntal composition in which a single musical theme is repeated and imitated by voices entering one after another. The Toccata and Fugue in D minor is known for its dramatic, intense sound and its use of chromaticism (the use of notes outside of the diatonic scale). It is often used in films and TV shows to create a sense of mystery or suspense.

The Brandenburg Concert are a set of six instrumental works composed by Bach in the early 18th century. They are some of Bach's most famous works, and are considered to be some of the greatest examples of Baroque music. Each concerto features a different combination of instruments, and Bach's use of counterpoint and harmony in these works is particularly noteworthy. The Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, which features three violin parts, is one of the most popular of the set.

The Well-Tempered Clavier (also known as the "48 Preludes and Fugues") is a collection of solo keyboard music composed by Bach in the early 18th century. It consists of two volumes, each of which contains 24 preludes and fugues. The preludes are short, free-form pieces that serve as introductions to the fugues, which are longer, more structured compositions. The Well-Tempered Clavier is notable for its use of all major and minor keys, and it is considered one of the most important works in the history of Western classical music. It is often studied by musicians and is frequently performed in concerts.

In short, Bach was important because he composed some of the most beautiful and enduring music in the Western classical repertoire, and his music continues to be an important influence on musicians and composers today. Bach's music continues to be widely performed and enjoyed by audiences around the world.

It is a matter of personal opinion whether Bach was the greatest composer of all time. There have been many talented and accomplished composers throughout history, and it is difficult to make a definitive statement about who the greatest one is. Some people might consider Bach to be the greatest composer because of the complexity and beauty of his compositions, while others might have different criteria for what makes a composer great. Ultimately, whether or not Bach is considered the greatest composer is a subjective judgment that depends on one's personal tastes and values.

I hate to tell you this, but that isn't an argumentative essay. It would also be a terrible essay prompt. If I had a more open ended paper and a student turned in something like that, it would not get a good grade. A good academic argument doesn't try to prove that someone was the "best," or that something is important. If you start with that sort of thesis, you just end up doing what CHATGPT did-aimlessly mention ways in which Bach was good at writing music. Someone in a teaching workshop described this as the "museum tour" style of essay writing. "On the right you'll see a well tempered clavier-this was very interesting, and on the left there's the Brandenburg Concerto, another seminal work." It's a list, not an argument.

[smallcleanrat]

What happens if you ask it how Bach was influenced by the Beatles? Can it detect why the prompt doesn't make sense?

[marshwiggle]

What happens if you ask it how Bach was influenced by the Beatles? Can it detect why the prompt doesn't make sense?

Good point. Someone should test that and report back.

How about asking "How did Bach influence *Kanye?" and seeing how insightful it is.

Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period who is known for his complex and intricate compositions for keyboard, such as the Well-Tempered Clavier and the Brandenburg Concert. Kanye West is a modern American rapper, songwriter, and record producer who has been influenced by a wide range of musical styles and artists. It is not clear how directly Bach has influenced West's music, but it is possible that West has been indirectly influenced by Bach through the many other musicians and composers who were inspired by Bach's work. Bach's music has had a lasting impact on Western classical music and has influenced many other artists throughout the centuries.

As expected, when the prompt is for something that hasn't been discussed a lot, the response is a nothing-burger. (Even as I wrote it, I realized the Beatles was a bad example since that has been discussed a lot.)

[Wahoo Redux]

What happens if you ask it how Bach was influenced by the Beatles? Can it detect why the prompt doesn't make sense?

That is interesting.  Yeah, it caught it.

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period who is known for his works for organ, choir, as well as for his violin and harpsichord concertos. The Beatles were a British rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. They are considered one of the most influential bands in the history of popular music, and their music has had a significant influence on many other artists and musicians.

There is no direct influence of Bach on the Beatles, as Bach lived over 200 years before the Beatles were even born. However, it is possible that the Beatles may have been influenced by classical music in general, including the works of Bach, as many rock and pop musicians have drawn inspiration from a wide variety of musical styles and traditions.

[Wahoo Redux]

I hate to tell you this, but that isn't an argumentative essay. It would also be a terrible essay prompt. If I had a more open ended paper and a student turned in something like that, it would not get a good grade. A good academic argument doesn't try to prove that someone was the "best," or that something is important. If you start with that sort of thesis, you just end up doing what CHATGPT did-aimlessly mention ways in which Bach was good at writing music. Someone in a teaching workshop described this as the "museum tour" style of essay writing. "On the right you'll see a well tempered clavier-this was very interesting, and on the left there's the Brandenburg Concerto, another seminal work." It's a list, not an argument.

It's interesting how dead set you are against ChatGPT being capable of someday writing an "argumentative essay," Caracal. 

Yes, I realize what this is.  I just wanted an example of what ChatGPT could actually do.  I was not particularly worried about the prompt since I was just testing it.  I wanted to demonstrate what the program could produce on short order, just like a cheating-cheaterson would do with ChatGPT in the real world.

I will say, though, that what CatGPT provided is not that far off from a typical freshman "C" paper. 

Students using ChatGPT could:

A) "Write" a paper in under half an hour using simple prompts to generate the required amount of text.  If they do nothing else with it they will, as I indicated, maybe get a "C" from a lazy or harried grader, maybe even a "B" since the diction and grammar is good----although I suspect this would stick out as a plagiarized paper for a number of reasons, provided the grader is not lazy and/or harried.

B)  "Write" a paper in under half an hour and then actually spend a bit of time cleaning it up, filling in information, crafting a thesis, doing a tiny bit of actual research, and customizing the paper.  It would not, for instance, be that hard to revise the first and last paragraphs to reflect some dumb thesis and then stick some suppoting context at the end of each paragraph.  You would probably still not get the coveted "A" paper----or one might, depending on how much work one spent editing----but the time you spent on the actual assignment would be dramatically reduced.

C) If one truly is a conscientious student, one could use ChatGPT as a generative device.  Let's say you do not know much about music and have no good idea where to start.  There is plenty of easy information online, but sometimes actual research is more confusing when you feel overwhelmed.  Asking the program to comment on the prompt might be a way of generating topic sentences or ideas.  This is kind of what it was meant for, I think-----I cut them, of course, but I frequently got a "How do you like Bach?" type question which, I believe, I was expected to respond to.   

Anyway, the ability for ChatGPT to generate "a paper" is not in question----it did, badly, but it did, in very short order and with a minimum of effort by someone who was not trying very hard.  This experiment does make me think of some of the odd papers I received last semester.

What prompt should I give the program?  I am taking suggestions.  Give me a prompt that you think would be really challenging, Caracal.  Let's just see what it is capable of.

[Parasaurolophus]

I'm trying desperately hard to convince it that you can validly infer any conclusion whatsoever from contradictory premises (this is known as the principle of explosion). It's having none of it. Which I find rather surprising. It can correctly pick out the definition of validity, and it can complain about the conclusion being unrelated to the premises, but I can't get it to recognize that relevance is irrelevant when working with a contradiction.

I was gonna try a proof, but the network crapped out.


EDIT: It accepts the proof, but can't connect the dots. Guess I'll be keeping exam questions of this sort for the time being.

There's no question that it does just fine with my ordinary essay prompts, however. (Just fine = pity pass.)

[Caracal]

I hate to tell you this, but that isn't an argumentative essay. It would also be a terrible essay prompt. If I had a more open ended paper and a student turned in something like that, it would not get a good grade. A good academic argument doesn't try to prove that someone was the "best," or that something is important. If you start with that sort of thesis, you just end up doing what CHATGPT did-aimlessly mention ways in which Bach was good at writing music. Someone in a teaching workshop described this as the "museum tour" style of essay writing. "On the right you'll see a well tempered clavier-this was very interesting, and on the left there's the Brandenburg Concerto, another seminal work." It's a list, not an argument.

It's interesting how dead set you are against ChatGPT being capable of someday writing an "argumentative essay," Caracal. 

Yes, I realize what this is.  I just wanted an example of what ChatGPT could actually do.  I was not particularly worried about the prompt since I was just testing it.  I wanted to demonstrate what the program could produce on short order, just like a cheating-cheaterson would do with ChatGPT in the real world.

I will say, though, that what CatGPT provided is not that far off from a typical freshman "C" paper. 

Students using ChatGPT could:

A) "Write" a paper in under half an hour using simple prompts to generate the required amount of text.  If they do nothing else with it they will, as I indicated, maybe get a "C" from a lazy or harried grader, maybe even a "B" since the diction and grammar is good----although I suspect this would stick out as a plagiarized paper for a number of reasons, provided the grader is not lazy and/or harried.

B)  "Write" a paper in under half an hour and then actually spend a bit of time cleaning it up, filling in information, crafting a thesis, doing a tiny bit of actual research, and customizing the paper.  It would not, for instance, be that hard to revise the first and last paragraphs to reflect some dumb thesis and then stick some suppoting context at the end of each paragraph.  You would probably still not get the coveted "A" paper----or one might, depending on how much work one spent editing----but the time you spent on the actual assignment would be dramatically reduced.

C) If one truly is a conscientious student, one could use ChatGPT as a generative device.  Let's say you do not know much about music and have no good idea where to start.  There is plenty of easy information online, but sometimes actual research is more confusing when you feel overwhelmed.  Asking the program to comment on the prompt might be a way of generating topic sentences or ideas.  This is kind of what it was meant for, I think-----I cut them, of course, but I frequently got a "How do you like Bach?" type question which, I believe, I was expected to respond to.   

Anyway, the ability for ChatGPT to generate "a paper" is not in question----it did, badly, but it did, in very short order and with a minimum of effort by someone who was not trying very hard.  This experiment does make me think of some of the odd papers I received last semester.

What prompt should I give the program?  I am taking suggestions.  Give me a prompt that you think would be really challenging, Caracal.  Let's just see what it is capable of.

Well when I asked it about the paper I gave, it just asked for more information since it didn't know anything about the subject of the paper. I agree with you about the C part. I think you're probably right about the B with some editing, although I have to say I'm not too worried about that. The sort of student who is going to use this usually doesn't want to spend a few hours editing. They are desperate and lazy. I think it would actually be a pretty bad way to try to get to a good paper. If I saw papers like this in a draft, my comments would basically be "ok, but figure out what argument you are actually making and focus the paper around that and get rid of all the rest of this and develop that argument." Papers like that never work unless the student is willing to do an almost total rewrite. If you start with at least an attempt to make an actual argument, it's much easier to turn that into something decent.

Thinking about this has made me decide to change how I evaluate bad papers though. I think I am going to start giving Ds and Fs to papers that just don't actually do what I've asked students to do on the prompt and offer rewrite opportunities for failing papers. That's only partly about ChatGPT, I think I've fallen into the trap of feeling bad for students who seem clueless on papers, which isn't a great approach. If the student did try to write the paper, that doesn't make much difference if the result is so bad that there's no way to be sure they wrote it and not a bot. If I give the failing papers a  rewrite option and a suggestion to come see me and discuss improvements, and they don't take me up on it, I can give them the failing grade and not worry about being unfair to students who might never have gotten decent training. If they actually do come and talk to me and fix the paper enough to get a passing grade then maybe they actually learn at least a little bit from the process..

[Kron3007]

I am in a STEM field and when I played around with this it did a pretty good job.  A student could easily use it, add some citations to support the claims, and walk away with a decent grade.  Perhaps it could not do the whole project, but could definitely be used effectively to do some sections.

To be honest, I may see it I can use it to draft some tedious sections of my next grant proposal.  AI is coming (already here in many ways).  Either use it, or be left behind....

[onthefringe]

To be honest, I may see it I can use it to draft some tedious sections of my next grant proposal.  AI is coming (already here in many ways).  Either use it, or be left behind....

Several months ago I applied for a grant that required me to include a description of the proposed work ideally written at a tenth grade reading level. They had a reading level program that assessed it and you couldn't submit until the program said you were at most at a twelfth grade level. My first attempt came out at a 16th grade level, and when I thought I hugely simplified it I got to a 14th grade level. Getting that paragraph down to a 12th grade level was really hard. I recently gave ChatGPT my original paragraph and asked it to rewrite it for a high schooler. It did a ... really good job.

[Caracal]

I am in a STEM field and when I played around with this it did a pretty good job.  A student could easily use it, add some citations to support the claims, and walk away with a decent grade.  Perhaps it could not do the whole project, but could definitely be used effectively to do some sections.

To be honest, I may see it I can use it to draft some tedious sections of my next grant proposal.  AI is coming (already here in many ways).  Either use it, or be left behind....

I would say that if the thing you are supposed to write is so rote that this could do a good job of it, it you might as well go ahead. Ideally it might cause some reevaluation of some of the conventions. In theory, the point of a lit review or whatever is supposed to be to give the reader a sense of what people have done previously so they can evaluate what the new work contributes and how it fits into previous scholarship. If these sections are just tiresome descriptions of previous studies and a bot could write the thing,  can't we just put in some footnotes or endnotes so people who are interested can go look at the studies themselves?

[Kron3007]

I am in a STEM field and when I played around with this it did a pretty good job.  A student could easily use it, add some citations to support the claims, and walk away with a decent grade.  Perhaps it could not do the whole project, but could definitely be used effectively to do some sections.

To be honest, I may see it I can use it to draft some tedious sections of my next grant proposal.  AI is coming (already here in many ways).  Either use it, or be left behind....

I would say that if the thing you are supposed to write is so rote that this could do a good job of it, it you might as well go ahead. Ideally it might cause some reevaluation of some of the conventions. In theory, the point of a lit review or whatever is supposed to be to give the reader a sense of what people have done previously so they can evaluate what the new work contributes and how it fits into previous scholarship. If these sections are just tiresome descriptions of previous studies and a bot could write the thing,  can't we just put in some footnotes or endnotes so people who are interested can go look at the studies themselves?

Well, grants are generally reviewed by non-experts so there is a bunch of general intro that is not overly technical.  This is especially true for many of the interdisciplinary grants out there, which seem to be more and more common in my world.  I feel an AI program could do a reasonable draft of this.  It would obviously need revision, but could save time.

Likewise, for my grants l, there are always sections about how the research benefits society etc.  These are not technical sections, and could likely be partially automated.  In fact, the AI may identify some points I would miss, who knows.  There are several sections of proposals like this.

Obviously AI will not write the whole proposal for me, but could spit out some draft paragraphs to build on.  I have not tried this, so could be a waste of efforts, but may save time.

[marshwiggle]

To be honest, I may see it I can use it to draft some tedious sections of my next grant proposal.  AI is coming (already here in many ways).  Either use it, or be left behind....

Several months ago I applied for a grant that required me to include a description of the proposed work ideally written at a tenth grade reading level. They had a reading level program that assessed it and you couldn't submit until the program said you were at most at a twelfth grade level. My first attempt came out at a 16th grade level, and when I thought I hugely simplified it I got to a 14th grade level. Getting that paragraph down to a 12th grade level was really hard. I recently gave ChatGPT my original paragraph and asked it to rewrite it for a high schooler. It did a ... really good job.

I've actually thought that for my students' project reports it would be great if a tool could make smooth, readable prose, so I can focus on seeing that the reports contain all of the required information. since the projects are unique, the student work that it's about will still need to be done, and the students will need to see that the report correctly explains it.

[RatGuy]

Wahoo, can it distinguish between different (archaic) definitions or distinguish between different texts with the same titles? For example, if you asked it to define "disinterest" and apply that concept to the the themes of "Barn Burning," would it be able to reproduce an answer about Murakami's story (rather than Faulkner) or use the 19th-c definition of "disinterest?" My prompts verbally
Ask students to define terminology, and sometimes I catch cheaters by their contextually incorrect references to terms or texts.

[Wahoo Redux]

Wahoo, can it distinguish between different (archaic) definitions or distinguish between different texts with the same titles? For example, if you asked it to define "disinterest" and apply that concept to the the themes of "Barn Burning," would it be able to reproduce an answer about Murakami's story (rather than Faulkner) or use the 19th-c definition of "disinterest?" My prompts verbally
Ask students to define terminology, and sometimes I catch cheaters by their contextually incorrect references to terms or texts.

Prompt: "disinterest in barn burning"

It is normal for people to have different tastes and interests, and it is completely okay if you are not interested in "Barn Burning" by William Faulkner. You can simply choose to read or watch something else that you find more engaging. There are many other books and works of literature that you might enjoy, so it is worth exploring different options to find something that suits your interests.

Prompt: "theme of disinterest in barn burning"

The theme of disinterest in "Barn Burning" by William Faulkner is the conflict between the individual and society. The protagonist, Sarty Snopes, is torn between his loyalty to his father and his sense of right and wrong. His father, Abner Snopes, is a barn burner who is constantly in conflict with the social and legal norms of the time. Sarty is faced with the dilemma of choosing between his loyalty to his family and his own sense of justice. Ultimately, Sarty must make the difficult decision to betray his father in order to do what he believes is right. This theme of disinterest is demonstrated through Sarty's internal struggle and his ultimate choice to betray his father.

Prompt: "How is disinterest manifested in barn burning?"

In the story "Barn Burning," disinterest is manifested in the character of Colonel Sartoris Snopes, also known as Sarty. Sarty is a young boy who is deeply conflicted about his loyalty to his father, Abner Snopes, who is accused of burning down a barn. Despite his love for his father, Sarty is also aware of his father's destructive and dishonest behavior, and he feels a sense of disinterest towards him as a result. This disinterest is evident in Sarty's reluctance to speak out on his father's behalf and in his desire to distance himself from his family's criminal activities.

Prompt: "murikami barn burning"

"Barn Burning" is a short story by Japanese-American author Haruki Murakami. It was originally published in The New Yorker in 1983 and later included in Murakami's short story collection "The Elephant Vanishes." The story is about a young man named Kikuji who is struggling with his identity and his relationship with his father, who is a violent and abusive man. The story takes place in Japan and deals with themes of family, loyalty, and the consequences of one's actions. Do you have any other questions about the story?

Prompt: "disinterest in murikami barn burning"

"Barn Burning" is a short story by the Japanese-American author Haruki Murakami. The story centers on a young man named Kikuji who is struggling to come to terms with his father's past as a "barn burner," or someone who intentionally sets fire to barns. The story deals with themes of family, loyalty, and the consequences of one's actions. It is not clear from your statement whether you are experiencing disinterest in the story or if you are simply asking for information about it. Please let me know if you have any specific questions about the story or if you would like more information.

Prompt: "what is the theme of disinterest in murikami's barn burning"

I'm sorry, but "Barn Burning" is a short story by the American author William Faulkner, not Haruki Murakami. The theme of disinterest does not appear to be central to the story, which is primarily concerned with the conflict between loyalty to one's family and a sense of justice. Would you like more information about "Barn Burning" or have a question about a different work by Murakami?

Congrats, Ratguy!  You broke ChatGPT's brain!  You are the Kasparov of digital cheat machines!

Prompt: "consumer chalk scores"

Consumer credit scores are important because they are used to determine an individual's creditworthiness. A credit score is a numerical representation of an individual's credit history and is calculated based on information in their credit reports. Lenders, landlords, and other organizations use credit scores to determine how likely an individual is to pay their bills on time and manage their debts responsibly. A higher credit score may make it easier for an individual to obtain loans, credit cards, and other forms of credit at more favorable terms, while a lower credit score may make it more difficult for them to obtain credit or may result in higher interest rates and other fees. It is important for consumers to understand their credit scores and take steps to maintain a good credit history in order to improve their creditworthiness and financial well-being.

Prompt: "chalk score buying power"

The term "chalk score" is not a term that I am familiar with. Could you provide more context or clarify what you are asking about?