ChatGPT and the Shake Up in Academia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7h2l6QlXfw

On Tuesday, January 24, 2023, NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt aired a piece about ChatGPT, the chatbot created by Open AI.

Some of the highlights:

• Chat GPT received a B/B- on a graduate exam at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

• At the University of Minnesota Law School, Chat GPT averaged a C+ on law exams.

• Clay Shirky, Vice Provost of New York University, mentions two strategies to handle student use of Chat GPT.

1. Detect the cheating.

2. Design writing assignments with ChatGPT in mind.