ChatGPT in university: useful tool or cheating hack?
As post-secondary students turn to generative AI like ChatGPT to help complete schoolwork, are they cheating, or simply making use of a new technological tool?
The ChatGPT hype cycle has died down a bit lately. There are fewer breathless headlines about generative AI's potential and its risks. But in a recent American survey – one in five post-secondary students said they had used AI to complete school work.
Today, a closer look at what this means for the academic experience with Simon Lewsen, journalist and the author of a recent piece in Toronto Life titled 'CheatGPT.' We discuss if AI's use really constitutes an epidemic of cheating, or if it's simply a new technological tool for students to take advantage of. Plus, how post-secondary institutions might adapt, and what might be lost along the way.