Schools are banning ChatGPT, but an OpenAI chief says the technology is a vital tool to improve classroom learning.

  • OpenAI’s CTO shared her thoughts on ChatGPT’s place in education in an interview with Time magazine.
  • Murati believes that generative text can offer its users “personalized learning”.
  • Reports say that several school systems and universities have banned ChatGPT for fear of academic dishonesty.

While schools around the world are expressing growing concern about the proliferation of AI-powered bots, ChatGPT’s chief says the technology could be useful in the classroom.

In an interview with Time magazine, Mira Murati, CTO of OpenAI, the company behind the noisy AI-powered chatbot ChatGPT, said schools should not rush to ban the technology on their campuses over concerns about fraud. Instead, Murati said that ChatGPT “could really revolutionize the way we learn,” especially in an environment where not everyone has the same preferences or learning abilities.

“With tools like ChatGPT, you can chat endlessly with the model to understand the concept in a way that suits your level of understanding,” Murati told Time. “It has huge potential to help us with personalized learning.”

So far, public school systems in New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, and elsewhere have banned the use of the bot due to concerns about plagiarism and fraud.

However, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman backed Murati, stating that he also believes ChatGPT has a place in schools and sees it as a more fun way to learn. In an interview with StrictlyVC, Altman compared the use of generative text to a calculator and urged schools to adapt to its existence.

“I’ve used it to learn things on my own and found it much more appealing than other ways I’ve learned in the past,” Altman told StrictlyVC. “I’d rather have ChatGPT teach me something than go read a textbook.”

However, Altman claims it will be almost impossible to detect AI plagiarism 100% of the time, and Murati said she’s not surprised that academic integrity threatens schools as ChatGPT’s popularity and capabilities grow.

“When you open it up to as many people as possible with different backgrounds and backgrounds in the subject area, you will definitely be surprised at what they do with the technology, both on the positive side and on the negative side,” Murati. said.

While many schools place restrictions on the use of AI, there are educators who agree with Murati and Altman and use generative AI as part of their lesson plans. For example, a digital media teacher at the University of Leeds told Insider that she has been using AI in her classroom since 2018.

“We challenge our students to be critical of these tools,” says lecturer Lea Henrickson.

She continued, “As long as we focus on education as outcomes, GPT and AI will pose a threat, but they cannot replace problem solving, which is the real way to learn.”

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