MEET THE TEACHER REQUIRING STUDENTS TO USE ChatGPT

A new artificial intelligence (AI) program, ChatGPT, is sweeping the internet.  The free software can do everything from writing essays, film scripts, and poetry, to passing graduate-level law and business school exams.  This revolutionary software, while no doubt exciting, also concerns many educators, who feel that students could abuse the software by using it to easily cheat on school assignments.  New York City is one of several large school districts that has already banned students from using ChatGPT, as officials review the potential pros and cons of giving students access to such a powerful resource.  Not all educators agree on this issue, though.  Some, feel that AI is an emerging skill that we should be encouraging young people to pursue to better prepare them for the workforce of the future.  One such educator, Dr. Ethan Mollick, an Associate Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, joins MetroFocus to discuss why he not only encourages the use of ChatGPT in the classroom – he requires it.

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