You can ask the Chat GPT bot to write an essay on Shakespeare, solve an algebraic equation, and even complete advanced math homework – and it can do it. However, this has caused an ethical dilemma for academia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So much so that New York City public universities blocked access to Chat GPT in January 2023 because students were using it to complete homework.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In recent months, Los Angeles public schools have also implemented a ban. Educational institutions in Canada, Australia, India, and France have also put similar restrictions in place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Enrique Cort\u00e9s Rello<\/strong><\/a>, Director of the Artificial Intelligence Hub<\/strong> at Tec de Monterrey, believes that it is nonsensical to prohibit the use of such technologies, which is comparable to what happened in the 70s when people tried to ban the use of calculators in schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou need to cite Chat GPT like you would cite any other source, just as if you were using a book,\u201d he explains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He adds that the answers provided by this kind of technology are often wrong, so users must read them carefully before including them in a piece of homework.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Irving Hidrogo Montemayor<\/strong><\/a>, Director of Emerging Technology<\/strong><\/a> Innovation <\/strong>at Tec de Monterrey, this happens because the response generated seemed consistent to the AI<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIf you use the answer in an academic paper, you run the risk that information is not correct. The same thing applies to any industry, not just academia,\u201d explains Hidrogo Montemayor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In an interview with Tec Science, both Tec professors agreed that banning the tool is a desperate and ineffective measure as students or users will be able to access Chat GPT from any device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When asked about itself, Chat GPT responds that \u201cit is an artificial intelligence language model<\/strong> which is trained to generate text and answer questions on a variety of topics in a way that is very similar to how a human would respond.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cort\u00e9s Rello uses the word \u201celoquent\u201d to describe the way Chat GPT answers questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThat doesn\u2019t mean that what Chat GPT produces is true or scientific or verifiable, but simply that it sounds like a human wrote it<\/strong>,\u201d explains the Director of the AI Hub.<\/p>\n\n\n\nChat GPT in education, what to do?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n