After launching in November, ChatGPT uses now become prominent in many US Universities and schools.
ChatGPT features to create a well-written and grammatically accurate text by using prompts and lines from some other sources.
Many students in US Universities use AI-generated text for the purpose of their assignments, which is now raising concerns from Universities professor, who consider it a cheating tool.
Now New York City’s Department of Education and many US Universities will ban the A.I.-generated text use in their campus premises network.
Many US Universities are redesigning their teaching structure to prevent the use of ChatGPT by students for assignment purposes.
US Universities Restructuring Their Courses to Prevent the Use of A.I.Chatbots
Many US Universities are redesigning their teaching courses to prevent students from using A.I.tools ChatGPT.
Antony Aumann, a professor of Philosophy at Northern Michigan University, when reviewing the essay of one of his students, he finds the paper very interesting.
But later he found out that students use ChatGPT for essays.
Mr.Aumann said that he decided to transform essay writing for his course this semester and first required students to write first drafts in the classroom using a browser that restricts the use of ChatGPT.
Recently New York City public schools also ban ChatGPT use in their school internet network. Their concern is that it hampered the students creativity, analytical and problem-solving skills.
George Washington University in Washington, Rutgers University, and Appalachian State University now introducing in-class assignments, handwritten papers, group work, and oral exams.
The University of Buffalo and Furman University in Greensville teach students about the use of A.I. tools and how it affects academic integrity.
The humanities professor Frederick Luis Aldama at the University of Texas at Austin said that “he planned to teach newer or more niche texts that ChatGPT might have less information about, such as William Shakespeare’s early sonnets instead of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”
“People who lean into canonical, primary texts to actually reach beyond their comfort zones for things that are not online.”
Professor Aldama and another professor also introduced strict standards to write an essay. It is not just the thesis, introduction, paragraph, and conclusion.
He needs creativity and analysis of students.
Other universities including Washington University of St. Louis and the University of Vermont include A.I.-generated text into plagiarism.
Some universities are using the plagiarism detection tool Turnitin and it’ll include more features in near future for identifying A.I. including ChatGPT this year.
Harvard University, Yale University, and the University of Rhode Island are using the GPTZero tool that recognizes A.I.-generated text quickly.
It is designed by Princeton University Professor Edward Tian.
I spent New Years building GPTZero — an app that can quickly and efficiently detect whether an essay is ChatGPT or human written
— Edward Tian (@edward_the6) January 3, 2023
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Is Banning ChatGPT a Good Option?
Chat GPT no doubt creates a good text but it comes with its own flaws. It produces factual errors in the content and sometimes it also it didn’t generate authentic content.
Rebecca Distler an AI Strategist, Data and Digital Health expert suggest that she was troubled by the content the ChatGPT produces.
It creates misleading content about the “U.S. Electoral Commission had found rampant voter fraud” in the 2020 elections.
Not only is this kind of false info is dangerous for democracy but it misled the massive population.
But Rebecca Distler suggests that banning ChatGPT from schools and universities is not a good option.
Instead of banning she suggests that academicians allow students to combine the AI tools use and their critical thinking and analysis in their essay writing.
Educators also allow students to use their problem-solving skills to analyze ChatGPT-generated tools text. Whether it is factually correct or not.
Computer science students could analyze ChatGPT-generated code for flaws.
Paul Robeson High School teacher Adam Stevens “ People said the same thing about Google 15 or 20 years ago when students could find answer online.”
Tech Fear
Tech fear is real and always looming over people’s heads, whenever new technology arrives.
The same thing happened in the past with Google, when school students copied their answers from google and the teacher questioned its authenticity.
The same thing happened with Wikipedia, many researchers and academicians didn’t find the information in it authentic.
Still, today’s Wikipedia information is not resourceful for research purposes.
Students should not keep themselves away from emerging technologies.
Rebecca Distler points out that Today’s students will soon be tomorrow’s leaders so it is a must that technology is designed and implemented in responsible and ethical ways