Here’s a fun game: Say the word ChatGPT to a friend or colleague, then watch what happens.
There’s a lot of drama swirling around this groundbreaking artificial intelligence chatbot, released in November by the startup OpenAI. A few months later, in early March, OpenAI’s GPT-4 was introduced and has already stunned many by easily outperforming its older AI sibling. Not to be outdone, Google announced the arrival of its own AI chatbot, Bard, in late March.
Like everywhere else, the response in the academic arena has been varied. Educators are only starting to grasp the potential of this new AI…