To GPT or not GPT? Empowering our students to learn with AI

Abstract

I argue that ChatGPT and other generative artificial intelligence tools pose three main threats to our current education systems, creating problems of measurement, information accuracy, and skill devaluation. But when we place these threats into historical context, we see that AI tools can also empower students and level the educational playing field. In classrooms from primary to tertiary and spanning all content areas, we can help our students become critical thinkers by using ChatGPT to comprehend texts, aggregate knowledge, and understand genre conventions in prose as well as programming. The aim is to help students leverage AI as a tool that they question and critique, advancing their own comprehension, research, and composition skills in the process.

Keywords

• ChatGPT
• Artificial intelligence
• Pedagogy
• Educational technology
• Academic integrity