At the end of November, the US research company OpenAI released the ChatGPT software.
The artificial intelligence (AI) behind it produces clever-sounding texts, can reproduce, argue, analyze.
Since then, universities have been in turmoil – and editors.
Since then, I too have been asking myself whether my job could one day be replaced by machines.
Fortunately, the reality is much more complex and the answer to this question is not so clear - I learned that from the text of my colleagues Tanya Falenczyk and Lukas Kissel.
They spoke to a computer science professor and a university president about whether or not ChatGPT could make essays and term papers obsolete.
The two only agree on one thing: a ban on ChatGPT would not help anyone.
So it's worth looking into.
Enjoy reading
Benjamin Ansari, editor at SPIEGEL Start
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University president Lepenies, computer science professor Weßels: ChatGPT in teaching
Photo: Andreas Diekötter / Kiel University of Applied Sciences;
Rebecca Gerndt / Karlshochschule International University
»ChatGPT is stupid and hallucinates scientific sources«:
Since ChatGPT has been writing texts like a human being, a debate has flared up at universities.
A computer science professor and a university president discuss whether artificial intelligence will revolutionize teaching - or whether it will plunge into a crisis.
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How can students travel by bus and train throughout Germany without having to buy the 49-euro ticket in addition to the semester ticket?
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Photo: Westend61 / Getty Images
Why the 49-euro ticket isn't a relief for everyone:
How much will students have to pay for public transport in the future?
The federal, state and transport associations are still struggling to find a uniform solution.
Meanwhile, Bavaria is advancing – and possibly setting the price limit.
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Activist Baier: "At least the theory should appear"
Photo: Joanna Catherine Schröder / DER SPIEGEL
“You can become a gynecologist without ever having seen an abortion”:
Almost 100,000 abortions are performed in Germany every year.
Nevertheless, they hardly ever come up in medical studies.
Doctor and activist Alicia Baier wants to change that – and demands that the government keep its promise.
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Drone pilot businessman: hobby and job at the same time
Photo: CiS Rostock
“I want to fly where no one has flown before”:
are drones just expensive toys?
Not quite.
Because from monument protection to agriculture, the devices are taking on more and more tasks.
Tom Kaufmann wants to expand the area of application with his company.
