ChatGPT: More than just A. I.

Kjartan Arnarsson

ChatGPT, an A.I.chatbot developed by openAI on November 30th 2022 to write responses to any question in a humanlike fashion, has become controversial in the school industry.

A recent survey from BestColleges, published by Forbes.com, found that “ 43% of college students overall say they’ve had experience using AI tools like ChatGPT, and half of those acknowledge turning to those tools to work on assignments or exams.”

Students cheating on essays and other writing assignments is nothing new. There are some problems with trying to control this. However, the real question is: Should ChatGPT be controlled at all?

Banning ChatGPT would not stop students from cheating. There are ways to get around it where kids can use other devices to access it, making it almost impossible to ban ChatGPT.

A solution to this problem would be if ChatGPT and other A.I. writing sites should leave a watermark so teachers can tell if a student's work is A.I. generated or if it was written personally. But this, too, is a flimsy defense

Currently, ChatGPT is the only A.I. chatbot of its kind, but soon there will be a variety of chatbots to choose from.

Not all chatbots will try to prevent students from using it for assignments or school related work.

Instead of starting an endless game of whack-a-mole against an expanding army of A.I. chatbots, here’s a suggestion: For the rest of the academic year, schools should treat ChatGPT the way they treat calculators allowing it for some assignments, but not others, and assuming that unless students are being supervised in person with their devices stashed away, they’re probably using one.

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Guns

From page 11 organization that is motivated to prevent gun violence in schools, “An estimated 4.6 million American children live in a home where at least one gun is kept loaded and unlocked. These improperly stored weapons have contributed to school shootings, suicides, and the deaths of family members, including infants and toddlers.”

Think about it

Having a gun at home is dangerous itself. If a toddler accidentally knocks it down or grabs it, everyone in the household could

Shooting in Nashville left six killed

be in danger.

“More than 500 people die every day because of violence committed with firearms,” says Amnesty international. Guns are threatening to many, including those who have them in their homes.

students’ understanding of the article.

If ChatGPT is a useful tool for teachers and students, why are schools banning it?

People shouldn’t have to live their lives constantly scared that a gun could pop up. Americans shouldn’t let them pop up. Ban guns.