The new software can excite the school community during this testing period because ChatGPT artificial intelligence allows students to get a complete text by entering just a few words.
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The program has been online since November 30, and while this may raise concerns, faculty have no choice but to adapt.
It is possible to write a literature review or even a dissertation in a few minutes using the ChatGPT artificial intelligence designed by the American research company OpenAI. The results were surprising.
“ChatGPT is a conversational bot. We can ask it questions and it answers us. It draws from a knowledge base it has already acquired, makes connections and gives us the best answer it can give us,” said Patrick Giraud, specialist in educational technologies and professor of education at the University of Quebec in Chicoutimi (UQAC). For some, it sparked fears, for others curiosity.
The computer process is capable of writing school assignments, newspaper articles, cover letters for a job interview, and even making suggestions for movie scripts. We can use it very diversely, it is enough to simply give a few pointers and the role is played.
“He is able to differentiate between theories and highlight commonalities as well as differences. It is a general tool but its knowledge base is very large. You can throw problems in science at him and he is able to answer,” explained Mr. Gero.
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Patrick Gero mentioned that this tool can be used by high school students as well as college students. You just need to know how to use it.
“It is very easy to use that tomorrow morning, if he knows the book, any student can ask him to do the abstract and he can ask him for a second copy of the abstract for his friend. It affects all levels of education,” he said.
When Google entered the web, he recalls, the first reaction of people in schools was to block access.
But this time, instead of restricting access to it, the teachers wondered how to use it wisely.
“There are a lot of things you can’t ask them to do at home because they can simply have the tool to do it. A Facebook group was set up and teachers started sharing assessment strategies, and they started discussing how to use them in the classroom,” the specialist stated. Education technologies.
However, it should be noted that this artificial intelligence is not infallible and has certain limitations. It is also offline, which means that it is not aware of new events related to current events, for example.
“He has a limited knowledge base so as long as it’s in his knowledge base, it’s fine,” said Mr Giroux.
Some may fear plagiarism, though we can’t completely control it. Programs also exist to limit the texts that the robot can type.
“There has always been and always will be plagiarism. I think there’s a lot of prevention we can do and a lot of education and we’re going to eradicate a large part of plagiarism,” says Mr. Gero. He adds that other similar tools are also online: “We’re starting to see more and more of them. It’s a small revolution that might change.”
A tool that can be very useful for letting students know more or understand a topic better by asking ChatGPT to explain it to them. And for the teaching staff, there are also positive aspects.
“I have colleagues who have already used chatGPT to create new versions of their tests. There is work to be done in the coming months and weeks to see how we can use it,” concluded Patrick Gero.
Therefore, preventive and educational action will be necessary.
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