ChatGPT is considered a major breakthrough in the field of natural language processing, troubling educators since it broke the internet reaching 1 million users in the first 5 days. The ethics and usability behind ChatGPT have provoked some school districts to block access on school networks and computers.
ChatGPT has the ability to generate human-like text in conversational context, having potential for content creation, chatbots, essays and homework, research and development, among others with its pre-trained knowledge base. ChatGPT is considered disruptive technology because it has potential to change the way people interact with technology and how some industries and schools operate.
Even though ChatGPT can be used for a wide range of applications there still are some challenges. Some limitations are data base bias since it believes what it finds is a credible source, human-like mistakes like errors in grammar, and the ethical implications it carries in the sense of cheating and how to be used responsibly. ChatGPT isn’t the only language model out there, some other disruptive AI models include BERT, ChatSonic, and GPT-3 which all have the potential to change the way people interact with technology.
With such adaptive and advanced technology, teachers need to be ready to address ChatGPT within the classroom. The purpose isn’t to avoid or try to prevent students from using ChatGPT, but to teach them to use it within a resourceful and ethical way to advance their mindset and innovation. Instead of students using AI to create essays and school homework for them it could be a steppingstone in the right direction to use it for research purposes or populate topics to start off from. It is important to have conversations with your class about the limitations and ethics of using AI.
ChatGPT can be a very powerful language and helpful model when used correctly. However, ChatGPT has challenges and limitations that need be addressed before using it ethically and responsibly.
How would you address your class on ChatGPT?
Sources:
https://www.iste.org/explore/artificial-intelligence/what-educators-and-students-can-learn-chatgpt
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