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Inside Higher Ed
IHE has a ton of interesting content about ChatGPT - too much to keep up with! Click the link and you'll be taken to a Google results list of everything on their site.
Faculty Focus
FF has a ton of interesting content about ChatGPT - too much to keep up with! Click the link and you'll be taken to a Google results list of everything on their site.
Times Higher Education
THE has a ton of interesting content about ChatGPT - too much to keep up with! Click the link and you'll be taken to a Google results list of everything on their site.
Rethinking Research Papers, and Other Responses to ChatGPT
Chronicle of Higher Education, Feb 2, 2023
ChatGPT Is Making Universities Rethink Plagiarism
Wired, Jan 30, 2023
Students and professors can’t decide whether the AI chatbot is a research tool—or a cheating engine.
Don’t Write Like a Robot
Chronicle of Higher Education, Jan 30, 2023
Beyond the new technology’s implications for the classroom, what can ChatGPT teach academics about their own writing?
'Everybody is cheating': Why this teacher has adopted an open ChatGPT policy
NPR, Jan 26, 2023
Ever since the chatbot ChatGPT launched in November, educators have raised concerns it could facilitate cheating.
Don’t Blame Students for Using ChatGPT to Cheat
The Nation, Jan 20, 2023
When college education is rendered transactional, a generation trained to use technological tools to solve problems is just doing what it’s told.
Artificial Intelligence and the Research Paper: A Librarian’s Perspective
SMU Library Blog, Jan 20, 2023
This technology is not going away, and it will change the way we use, create and interact with language in ways none of us can predict. We all have a responsibility to be thoughtful about how, when, where and why we use (or restrict) it.
ChatGPT: students could use AI to cheat, but it’s a chance to rethink assessment altogether
The Conversation, Jan 19, 2023
While there will always be a need for essays and written assignments do we really need all students to be writing the same essays and responding to the same questions? Could we instead give them autonomy and agency and in doing so, help to make their assessments more interesting, inclusive and ultimately authentic?
Why I'm Not Scared of ChatGPT
Chronicle of Higher Education, Jan 18, 2023
Far from replacing human intelligence, ChatGPT will provide new starting points for some of the processes we routinely use to think.
Why Banning ChatGPT in Class Is a Mistake
Campus Technology, Jan 18, 2023
Education's compulsion to keep new technology out of the classroom only hurts education and the students that we serve. Technology evolves, and education must evolve with it.
ChatGPT listed as author on research papers: many scientists disapprove
Nature, Jan 18, 2023
At least four articles credit the AI tool as a co-author, as publishers scramble to regulate its use.
A Chatbot Could Never Write This Article. Here’s Why.
The Daily Beast, Jan 17, 2023
ChatGPT is impressive—but it's not going to be taking over all our jobs anytime soon.
Alarmed by A.I. Chatbots, Universities Start Revamping How They Teach
NYT, Jan 16, 2023
With the rise of the popular new chatbot ChatGPT, colleges are restructuring some courses and taking preventive measures.
How Should Universities Respond to the Challenges of ChatGPT?
Al-Fanar Media, Jan 14, 2023
Now that artificial intelligence chatbots like ChatGPT can generate essay answers in seconds, educators need to rethink how they assess learning, argues a professor at Hamad Bin Khalifa University.
Research Summaries Written by AI Fool Scientists
Scientific American, Jan 13, 2023
Scientists cannot always differentiate between research abstracts generated by the AI ChatGPT and those written by humans
Don’t Ban ChatGPT in Schools. Teach With It.
NYT, Jan 12, 2023
Did ChatGPT Just Lie To Me?
Scholarly Kitchen, Jan 13, 2023
To understand how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is affecting science publishing, we need to push these systems to their extremes, analyze how they perform, and expose their vulnerabilities. Only then can we discuss how they will transform our industry.
Abstracts written by ChatGPT fool scientists
Nature, Jan 12, 2023
The ChatGPT-generated abstracts sailed through the plagiarism checker: the median originality score was 100%, which indicates that no plagiarism was detected. The AI-output detector spotted 66% the generated abstracts. But the human reviewers didn't do much better: they correctly identified only 68% of the generated abstracts and 86% of the genuine abstracts. They incorrectly identified 32% of the generated abstracts as being real and 14% of the genuine abstracts as being generated.
ChatGPT appears to pass medical school exams, educators rethinking assessments
RNZ, Jan 12, 2023
Researchers found it could help with tasks such as drafting payment notices, simplifying jargon-dense radiology reports, and even to brainstorm answers for "diagnostically challenging cases". "Overall, our clinicians reported a 33 percent decrease ... in the time required to complete documentation and indirect patient care tasks," the study authors wrote.
AI is the end of writing
Spectator, Jan 10, 2023
The computers will soon be here to do it better
ChatGPT: A Threat To Higher Education?
Forbes, Jan 10, 2023
Colleges and universities are at an inflection point, grappling with declining enrollments, soaring costs, growing popularity of educational alternatives, and a dwindling perceived value of a degree…The latest threat, if you believe the hype, is ChatGPT…As someone deeply familiar with the crises facing my institution and others, I can say with certainty that ChatGPT is more hype than harm—and it might even offer some help.
ChatGPT: Educational friend or foe?
Brookings Institution, Jan 9, 2023
Used in the right way, ChatGPT can be a friend to the classroom and an amazing tool for our students, not something to be feared.
AI in education: ChatGPT is just the beginning
The Decoder, Jan 7, 2023
Large language models like ChatGPT can generate coherent, believable text. How does this impact education and teaching?
Rising from the ashes: Higher education in the age of AI
Monash University: Lens, Jan 6, 2023
In the AI age, rewarding the beauty of our imperfections by designing learning activities and assessments that reframe “deficiencies” as human assets that can be complemented by AI could be the solution.
So, AI Ruined Your Term Paper Assignment?
Center for Innovation, Design and Digital Learning, Jan 5, 2023
AI has disrupted the academic world by assisting with writing assignments, prompting some educators to attempt banning the use of AI. But this solution is not practical. Can new rules will be implemented to prevent the spread of misinformation? Higher education must consider how to address the impact of AI on writing and research dissemination.
ChatGPT can write your Personal Essay? No problem…mostly
Medium, Jan 5, 2023
The author runs several essay writing/editing scenarios through ChatGPT to see how it does and offers practical advice on making assignments and writing prompts more meaningful - and less susceptible to ChatGPT.
Top AI conference bans use of ChatGPT and AI language tools to write academic papers
The Verge, Jan 5, 2023
AI tools can be used to ‘edit’ and ‘polish’ authors’ work, say the conference organizers, but text ‘produced entirely’ by AI is not allowed. This raises the question: where do you draw the line between editing and writing?
What ChatGPT Means for How We Teach Writing
Education Week, Jan 4, 2023
Existential dread? More personalized writing assignments? What to make of the new AI tool.
Human This Christmas
NYT, Dec. 20, 2022
Tech is not supposed to be human. It is only ever supposed to be humanoid. But this chatbot can take multiple ideas and whip up a cogent paragraph. The professional classes are aghast.
Stanford faculty weigh in on ChatGPT's shake-up in education
Stanford U., Dec 20, 2022
Faculty from the Stanford Accelerator for Learning share thoughts about how the new AI chatbot will change and contribute to learning and teaching.
A new AI chatbot might do your homework for you. But it's still not an A+ student
NPR, December 19, 2022
After the developer OpenAI released the text-based system to the public last month, some educators have been sounding the alarm about the potential that such AI systems have to transform academia, for better and worse.
Update Your Course Syllabus for chatGPT
Medium, Dec 18, 2022
Ready or not, chatGPT is now in your classroom. It can write papers, essays, and poems. It can create art and write computer code in many languages. Below are some easy to implement suggestions that will help you prepare for the upcoming semester.
Cheating on your college essay with ChatGPT won't get you good grades but AI could make education fairer
Business Insider, Dec 18, 2022
Artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT stunned users with its ability to write like a human. Some fear college students will use it to cheat, but these professors say they're not too worried. One even thinks it might make education fairer — especially for non-native speakers of English.
What Would Plato Say About ChatGPT?
NYT, Dec. 15, 2022
To access NYT: https://libraryhelp.sfcc.edu/nytimes
It is in high schools and even college where some of ChatGPT’s most interesting and troubling aspects will become clear.
With ChatGPT, Education May Never Be the Same
American Enterprise Institute, Dec 14, 2022
Tools like ChatGPT have the potential to change society dramatically – and education, in particular, may never be the same.
Dystopian Visions: Teaching Experts Are Worried About ChatGPT, but Not for the Reasons You Think
Chronicle of Higher Education, 12/13/22
"Scholars of teaching, writing, and digital literacy say there’s no doubt that tools like ChatGPT will, in some shape or form, become part of everyday writing, the way calculators and computers have become integral to math and science. It is critical, they say, to begin conversations with students and colleagues about how to shape and harness these AI tools as an aide, rather than a substitute, for learning."
To access CHE: https://libraryhelp.sfcc.edu/CHE
Is Artificial Intelligence Poised to Disrupt College Teaching?
The Edge Media, Dec 13, 2022
What would an article *about* AI written primarily *by* AI look like?? This.
AI and the Future of Undergraduate Writing
Chronicle of Higher Education, Dec 13, 2022
Teaching experts and concerned but not for the reasons you think.
AI Can Save Writing by Killing “The College Essay”
Steven D. Krause, December 10, 2022
How to Detect OpenAI’s ChatGPT Output
Medium, Dec 10, 2022
How to detect if the student used OpenAI’s ChatGPT to complete an assignment
How ChatGPT could disrupt the business of search
Axios, 12/9/22
Essentially an artificial intelligence (AI) interface that texts you like a know-it-all human, ChatGPT could portend major disruptions ahead for Big Tech — particularly for the business of search.
The End of High-School English
The Atlantic, 12/9/22
I’ve been teaching English for 12 years, and I’m astounded by what ChatGPT can produce.
ChatGPT and the rise of AI writers: how should higher education respond?
Times Higher Education, 9 Dec 2022
AI bot ChatGPT writes smart essays — should professors worry?
Nature, 12/9/22
The bot is free for now and can produce uncannily natural, well-referenced writing in response to homework questions.
ChatGPT’s Fluent BS Is Compelling Because Everything Is Fluent BS
Wired, Dec 9, 2022
The AI chatbot was trained on text created by humans. Of course its writing is superficially impressive and lacking in substance.
ChatGPT Is Dumber Than You Think
The Atlantic, 12/7/22
Treat it like a toy, not a tool.
AI is finally good at stuff, and that’s a problem
Vox, Dec 7, 2022
Here’s why you’ve been hearing so much about ChatGPT.
A.I. Could Be Great for College Essays
Slate, Dec 07, 2022
Chatting with ChatGPT is fun. But the college essay isn’t doomed, and A.I. like ChatGPT won’t replace flesh and blood writers. They may make writing easier, though.
Will ChatGPT Kill the Student Essay?
The Atlantic, 12/6/22
Nobody is prepared for how AI will transform academia.
AI Reveals the Most Human Parts of Writing
Wired, Dec 2, 2022
When do writers want help finding inspiration? And when do they want full control? Computers could expose the true future of the medium.
AI Text Generators and Teaching Writing: Starting Points for Inquiry
Colorado State
What do teachers who assign writing need to know about AI text generators? How should we change our pedagogical practices, given the recent advances in AI Large Language Models (LLMs) such as OpenAI's GPT-3, as recently covered in The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and Inside Higher Ed? How should teachers participate in shaping policies around these technologies in our departments, institutions, and society?
We Asked GPT-3 to Write an Academic Paper about Itself—Then We Tried to Get It Published
Scientific American, June 30, 2022
An artificially intelligent first author presents many ethical questions—and could upend the publishing process

The Real Danger Of ChatGPT, Dec 30, 2022
"Language is how human beings understand themselves and the world but writing is how we understand uniquely. Not to write is to live according to the language of others or worse, to live through edits tweaks and embellishments to language generated by an overconfident AI chatbot."

Cheating With ChatGPT: Can OpenAI’s Chatbot Pass AP Lit? | WSJ, Dec 21, 2022
ChatGPT, OpenAI’s new artificially intelligent chatbot, can write essays on complex topics. WSJ’s Joanna Stern went back to high school AP Literature for a day to see if she could pass the class using just AI.

Can AI replace Professors? | AI and the Future of Education, Dec 13, 2022
The platform that’s getting a lot of attention right now is chat GPT, a version of AI that’s optimised for conversational dialogue. I’m going to put it to the test and ask chat GPT the questions I would ask myself when preparing for a new semester of teaching. Here's what I found.

AI and the Future of the Essay, Dec 6, 2022
All of us have been watching developments in artificial intelligence, and especially the advances being made by "large language models" with some concern (what we end up describing as "fear and excitement" throughout the discussion).

What might ChatGPT mean for higher education?, Dec 15, 2022
In this special Future Trends Forum session we'll collectively explore this new technology. How does the chatbot work? How might it reshape academic writing? Does it herald an age of AI transforming society, or is it really BS?

ChatGPT and the Future of Assessment in Higher Education, Jan 10, 2023
ChatGPT, NLP and AI require us to rethink how we assess in higher education. I briefly explain what ChatGPT is, demonstrate what it does, and outline what I see as the implications of this technology for HE.

ChatGPT in Your Classroom, Jan 19, 2023
Erik Fox-Jackson, FCPE interactive learning designer and adjunct faculty member for Adelphi’s Ed Tech and Art Ed programs, discusses how he is thinking about using ChatGPT in the classroom.

ChatGPT and the Future of Writing Instruction, Jan 26, 2023
The November 30 release of ChatGPT and its abilities to generate, revise, and critique essays have raised concerns about the promise and perils of AI for writing instruction. We will discuss how these tools work, their affordances and challenges, and the place of artificial intelligence in the writing curriculum.

ChatGPT's Impact on Higher Ed: A Responsive Conversation, Jan 31, 2023
By now you’ve probably heard of ChatGPT, the free AI platform that can “write” full-length, college-level essays on virtually any topic in seconds. From academic integrity to assessment, ChatGPT’s impact on higher education will be far-ranging. This session includes a demo of how ChatGPT works, implications for higher education and how other colleges and universities are responding. This session was led by SFCC librarians.

ChatGPT Has Colleges in Emergency Mode to Shield Academic Integrity
EdSurge Podcast, Jan 25, 2023
Many professors are expressing frustration and even “terror” over ChatGPT, the latest AI tool that students may be using to write their papers for them. That has academic honor committees scrambling to revise policies and provide resources to instructors.
HOW ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS IMPACTING HIGHER EDUCATION
Teaching In Higher Ed, Jan 12, 2023
Cynthia Alby discusses how artificial intelligence (like ChatGPT) is impacting higher education on episode 448 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
What Will ChatGPT Mean for Teaching?
EdSurge Podcast, Jan 2, 2023
A new AI chatbot can spit out long-form answers to just about any question, in a way that sounds eerily human. Students are already figuring out they can use it to write their essays, and educators are pondering how to adapt.
Does cheating matter?
Ways We Learn, Dec 26, 2022
Does cheating matter? Of course it does. But with the assistance of AI tools like ChatGPT, humans can now supplement their own ability to think and write by having a computer think and write for them. Is this good for humanity? How should the educational world adapt? Come learn with Sean, Joe, and Brian about ChatGPT, its implications for education and intellectual growth, and ways it can be meaningfully applied in learning and in life.
Anders Sandberg on ChatGPT and the Future of AI
Future of Life Institute Podcast, Dec 15, 2022
Anders Sandberg from The Future of Humanity Institute joins the podcast to discuss ChatGPT, large language models, and what he's learned about the risks and benefits of AI.
Disruptive Technology: ChatGPT and Education
The Balance, Dr. Catlin Tucker
Dec. 2022
Education circles are buzzing with the implications of ChatGPT, a new AI technology. In this episode, I discuss the implications of this disruptive technology in education and how teachers can approach this work in a rapidly changing world.

ChatGPT: Bullshit spewer or the end of traditional assessments in higher education?
J. Applied Learning & Teaching, Jan 24, 2023
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Abstract: In this article, we briefly tell the story of OpenAI, the organisation behind ChatGPT. We highlight the fundamental change from a not-for-profit organisation to a commercial business model. In terms of our methods, we conducted an extensive literature review and experimented with this artificial intelligence (AI) software. Our literature review shows our review to be amongst the first peer-reviewed academic journal articles to explore ChatGPT and its relevance for higher education (especially assessment, learning and teaching). After a description of ChatGPT’s functionality and a summary of its strengths and limitations, we focus on the technology’s implications for higher education and discuss what is the future of learning, teaching and assessment in higher education in the context of AI chatbots such as ChatGPT. We position ChatGPT in the context of current Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIEd) research, discuss student-facing, teacher-facing and system-facing applications, and analyse opportunities and threats. We conclude the article with recommendations for students, teachers and higher education institutions. Many of them focus on assessment.
Chatting and Cheating. Ensuring academic integrity in the era of ChatGPT
EdArXiv, Jan 10, 2023
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Abstract: "The use of artificial intelligence in academia is a hot topic in the education field. The use of chatAPIs and GPT-3 in higher education has the potential to offer a range of benefits, including increased student engagement, collaboration, and accessibility. However, these tools also raise a number of challenges and concerns, particularly in relation to academic honesty and plagiarism. This paper examines the opportunities and challenges of using chatAPIs and GPT-3 in higher education, with a focus on the potential risks and rewards of these tools and the ways in which universities can address the challenges they pose. The paper discusses the main features and capabilities of chatAPIs and GPT-3 and provides examples of their use in higher education. It also considers the potential for these tools to be used for academic dishonesty and the difficulties of detecting and preventing such abuses. Finally, the paper suggests a range of strategies that universities can adopt to ensure that chatAPIs and GPT-3 are used ethically and responsibly, including developing policies and procedures, providing training and support, and using a variety of methods to detect and prevent cheating."
Educational Research and AI-Generated Writing: Confronting the Coming Tsunami
EdArXiv, Jan 10, 2023
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Abstract: "The public release and surprising capacity of ChatGPT has brought AI-enabled text generation into the forefront for educators and academics. ChatGPT and similar text generation tools raise numerous questions for educational practitioners, policymakers, and researchers. We begin by first describing what large language models are and how they function, and then situate them in the history of technology’s complex interrelationship with literacy, cognition, and education. Finally, we discuss implications for the field."
The Death of the Short-Form Physics Essay in the Coming AI Revolution
Cornell University, Dec 22, 2022
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Abstract: "The latest AI language modules can produce original, high quality full short-form (300-word) Physics essays within seconds. These technologies such as ChatGPT and davinci-003 are freely available to anyone with an internet connection. In this work, we present evidence of AI generated short-form essays achieving first-class grades on an essay writing assessment from an accredited, current university Physics module. The assessment requires students answer five open-ended questions with a short, 300-word essay each. Fifty AI answers were generated to create ten submissions that were independently marked by five separate markers. The AI generated submissions achieved an average mark of 71±2%, in strong agreement with the current module average of 71±5. A typical AI submission would therefore most-likely be awarded a First Class, the highest classification available at UK universities. Plagiarism detection software returned a plagiarism score between 2±1% (Grammarly) and 7±2% (TurnitIn). We argue that these results indicate that current AI MLPs represent a significant threat to the fidelity of short-form essays as an assessment method in Physics courses."
ChatGPT: The End of Online Exam Integrity?
Cornell University, Dec 20, 2022
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Abstract: "This study evaluated the ability of ChatGPT, a recently developed artificial intelligence (AI) agent, to perform high-level cognitive tasks and produce text that is indistinguishable from human-generated text. This capacity raises concerns about the potential use of ChatGPT as a tool for academic misconduct in online exams. The study found that ChatGPT is capable of exhibiting critical thinking skills and generating highly realistic text with minimal input, making it a potential threat to the integrity of online exams, particularly in tertiary education settings where such exams are becoming more prevalent. Returning to invigilated and oral exams could form part of the solution, while using advanced proctoring techniques and AI-text output detectors may be effective in addressing this issue, they are not likely to be foolproof solutions. Further research is needed to fully understand the implications of large language models like ChatGPT and to devise strategies for combating the risk of cheating using these tools. It is crucial for educators and institutions to be aware of the possibility of ChatGPT being used for cheating and to investigate measures to address it in order to maintain the fairness and validity of online exams for all students."