Generative AI Adoption in Postsecondary Education, AI Hype, and ChatGPT's Launch

The rapid integration of generative artificial intelligence (AI) into postsecondary education and many other sectors resulted in a global reckoning with this new technology. This paper contributes to the study of the multifaceted influence of generative AI, with a particular focus on OpenAI's ChatGPT within academic settings during the first six months after the release in three specific ways . First, it scrutinize s the rise of ChatGPT as a transformative event construed through a study of mainstream discourses exhibiting AI hype. Second, i t discusses the perceived implications of generative AI for writing, teaching, and learning t hrough the lens of critical discourse analysis and critical AI studies . Third, i t encourages the necessity for best practices in the adoption of generative AI technologies in education.