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Olivia Dunne promoted an AI tool to help with classwork. Is that tool OK under LSU's rules?
Artificial intelligence has become a prominent issue in education circles after the unveiling of ChatGPT, a large-scale learning model that scours the internet for information it can use to produce text in a conversational format. Many academics have raised concerns that students will use ChatGPT or similar tools to generate written assignments instead of doing the work themselves. In February, the university posted an explainer on its website describing for faculty what ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence tools are and what their limitations can be. "You've likely seen a lot of panic and concerns about how to best adapt," the explainer says. "But as with any technology, this is an ideal opportunity to reflect on our current teaching practices, experiment with new opportunities, and brainstorm ways they could be utilized effectively in a classroom." It is unclear how much Dunne made from her TikTok post about Caktus AI, but the junior gymnast from Hillsdale, New Jersey has captured college athletics' new world of name, image and likeness (NIL) profits unlike any other.
Artificial Intelligence: A Teacher's Dream?
In a world where teachers are often overworked, could artificial intelligence help teachers with their workload? According to the popular 1960's rock song, "In the year 2525", we start to notice drastic changes in our world; although, according to some education specialists, that may happen a great deal sooner – especially where education is concerned. A conference organised by the Westminster Education Forum held a debate on the future of England's exam system and heard that, in exam halls, the time for change might be a touch nearer than 2525. To be more precise, the consensus was that it would be the year 2025. According to one project put forward, 2025 will see the marking of the exam system taken over by artificial intelligence, eliminating the chance of human error.