ChatGPT, a powerful AI chatbot tool, has swept the world in the past months. While it has been dominating social media with its frighteningly good essays, ChatGPT has also caused both excitement and worries in education.
According to a US survey of more than 1,000 students, over 89 percent of them had used ChatGPT to help with a homework task. Some students even got high scores thanks to papers written by ChatGPT.
Some universities and schools have banned the use of ChatGPT, such as public schools in New York City, CNN reported. The move comes out of growing concerns that the tool could make it easier for students to cheat on schoolwork and be used to spread inaccurate (不精确的) information. “While the tool may be able to provide quick and easy answers to questions, it does not build critical-thinking and problem-solving skills, which are essential for academic (学术的) and lifelong success,” Jenna Lyle, said in a statement.
Apart from strict bans, teachers are redesigning their courses in an attempt to block the use of ChatGPT. Some college professors in the US are now including more oral exams and handwritten papers instead of typed ones, The New York Times reported.
However, not all educators are saying “no” to ChatGPT. Some Canadian universities are not planning on banning the tool. Instead, they are working on policies (政策) about its proper usage, for both students and lecturers.
Bhaskar Vira, pro-vice-chancellor for education at University of Cambridge in the UK, said that bans on AI software like ChatGPT are not sensible. “I’m of the opinion that we have to recognise that AI is a tool people will use but then adapt our learning, teaching and examination processes so that we can continue to have integrity (诚信) while recognizing the use of the tool,” he told Varsity, the school newspaper of the university.
Vira’s opinion on ChatGPT is shared by Peter van der Putten, assistant professor at Leiden University in the Netherlands. “It’s there, just like Google is there. You can write it into your policies for stopping cheating but it’s a reality that the tool exists,” he told Sky News.
【小题1】Why did the author mention the US survey data in Paragraph 2?| A．To criticize the use of ChatGPT in education. |
| B．To show the popularity of ChatGPT among students. |
| C．To show the places of using ChatGPT for academic tasks. |
| D．To highlight the negative effects of ChatGPT on academic integrity. |
| A．The tool is too expensive. |
| B．The tool is not user-friendly. |
| C．The tool can cause physical harm to students. |
| D．The tool may be used to spread inaccurate information. |
| A．To make them more difficult. | B．To allow the use of ChatGPT. |
| C．To decrease the workload of students. | D．To prevent students from using ChatGPT. |
| A．It should be used with proper policies and guidelines. |
| B．It is not a useful tool for students. |
| C．It should be used without limits. |
| D．It should be banned. |
