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Suspicion, Cheating and Bans: A.I. Hits America’s Schools

The Daily

The New York Times

Daily News, News

4.4102.8K Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Since its introduction less than a year ago, ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence platform that can write essays, solve math problems and write computer code, has sparked an anguished debate in the world of education. Is it a useful research tool or an irresistible license to cheat? Stella Tan, a producer on The Daily, speaks to teachers and students as they finish their first semester with ChatGPT about how it is changing the classroom. Guest: Stella Tan, an audio producer for The New York Times.

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0:00.0

From New York Times, I'm Michael Bavaro. This is a Daily.

0:11.0

Since its introduction less than a year ago, Chad GPT, the artificial intelligence platform

0:17.0

that can write essays, solve math problems, and write computer code, has sparked an

0:22.7

anguish debate inside the world of education. The question has become, is Chad GPT a useful

0:30.0

research tool or an irresistible license to cheat? Today, my colleague Stella Tamp speaks

0:39.1

with teachers and students as they finish their first semester with Chad GPT about how

0:44.6

they're using it, how it's changing the classroom, and the thicket of ethical questions

0:50.9

that artificial intelligence raises at school. It's Wednesday, June 28th.

1:06.2

Let's start by having you introduce yourself for me. So, I'm Alianna Nourani. I'm 19 years

1:12.4

old and I'm studying at UCLA. My name is Aiden. Right now, I'm in grade 12 in high school.

1:18.4

My name is Terry Dickerson. I go to mocked Chris State University and I'm a junior.

1:22.4

I am 22, just graduated from college in Maryland.

1:26.4

And do you remember the first moment you heard about Chad GPT?

1:30.4

I actually first came across it through a TikTok. I think it was TikTok or Instagram.

1:37.4

I saw it see TikToks about it. I saw it seeing YouTube videos about it and I was like, what is this thing?

1:44.4

And then I get back to school and I have every single syllabus I have.

1:48.4

Size on it. If you use Chad GPT, you will immediately fail.

1:53.4

And it's like, whoa, what is this?

1:56.4

Then I started exploring on it. I was like, oh, I know I have to use it.

2:00.4

And I was like, asking it questions. Like, do you feel anything? Do you ever get lonely?

2:07.4

I was taking an Aristotle class and I'm like so confused in it. And so I typed in Aristotle metaphysics.

2:13.4

And then it told me all about Aristotle metaphysics. Not like, oh my gosh.

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