Chat GPT is currently on everyone's lips.
It is tempting for pupils and students to use the chat program for homework.
How do teachers deal with this?
Hamburg – School systems worldwide are facing a major challenge due to the use of text generators such as Chat GPT.
Many pupils and students use the tool or comparable chat programs to create texts.
It is hardly possible for teachers to recognize whether a term paper was created using artificial intelligence.
How should schools and universities deal with this?
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Chat GPT is no longer an unknown program
What do teachers say about using Chat GPT?
Many students and teachers should already be familiar with Chat GPT.
"It is a misconception that these developments remain hidden from the students,"
explains Ferdinand Stipberger, digital officer of the Bavarian Realschule Teachers' Association to the dpa.
The teachers' concern is that by using the AI-based chat programs, the students will no longer perform on their own and ultimately learn nothing more.
Will Chat GPT be banned in schools?
The first reflex of many people is to demand that AI-based programs like Chat GPT be banned in schools and universities.
Then again, however, the question arises as to how exactly such a ban would be implemented.
According to the Berliner Zeitung, eight universities in Australia are considering having their students do more tasks with pen and paper again – but that doesn’t prevent the copying of AI-created texts either.
Robert Lepenies from the Karlshochschule International University in Karlsruhe, on the other hand, proposes integrating AI tools into the curricula and is looking for new approaches to query students.
He explains to Wirtschaftswoche:
"Anyone who sees such a new technology and immediately thinks of cheating doesn't take students seriously as learners - and exams and proof of performance are more important to them than the question of why we actually write texts and have them written."
Students cannot blindly rely on Chat GPT
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Chat GPT is a chat program that can solve many different tasks - but not always 100 percent correct.
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Texts created by Chat GPT may contain errors:
Even though Chat GPT's capabilities are amazing, errors can still creep in.
One reason for this is that the software can only access information from the Internet that was available on the Internet by September 2021.
It is therefore not guaranteed that the texts created by Chat GPT are correct in terms of content, which is why they must be revised in any case.
Chat GPT is ideal as a learning aid
Learners can use Chat GPT to learn:
Anyone preparing for an exam, for example, can use Chat GPT as a virtual learning partner.
To do this, a text can be copied into the program and users can then ask it to ask questions about the topic.
By the way, Chat GPT is also available in German.
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