The technology is not always accurate, sometimes making mistakes or inventing facts. But many educators say they take caution, using it for topics they know deeply and looking out for errors.
Professors are also looking to technology for more routine tasks. Wright said one of her colleagues uses AI to rewrite emails to students when he’s feeling annoyed with them but wants ChatGPT to lighten his tone.Never stumped “There’s a reason we have therapists, doctors, stockbrokers, accountants,” he said. AI isn’t about to replace that expertise, but it can echo the language they might use. “I’m always surprised,” he said, “at what it does not refuse to answer.”Ronak Shah, a science teacher in Indianapolis, introduced the technology to students last spring, challenging them to show they knew more than the bot.“You guys don’t want a robot to be smarter than you,” he teased his seventh-graders.
Many teachers remain reluctant to use the technology, but Shah expects that to steadily change. For him, it is an imperative.