Should schools ban ChatGPT or embrace the technology instead? – New Scientist

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School districts and universities are banning the ChatGPT AI that writes in a human-like fashion, but some teachers say a better approach may be to incorporate it into the curriculum
By Jeremy Hsu

ChatGPT is freely available for anyone to use online
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Schools and educational institutions in the US and elsewhere are announcing bans on the recently released AI-powered chatbot ChatGPT out of fear that students could use the technology to complete their assignments. However, bans may be practically impossible given how difficult it is to detect when text is composed by ChatGPT. Is it instead time to rethink how students are taught and evaluated?
“Educators are starting to question what it means to… assess student learning if an AI can write an essay …
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