News - OpenAI has released a guide for teachers on how to use ChatGPT in the classroom. The guide includes suggested prompts, an explanation of how ChatGPT works, its limitations, and bias. And it is intended for teachers of all levels, from elementary school to college.
What key topics does the guide cover?
OpenAI requires ChatGPT users to be at least 13 years old and users between the ages of 13 and 18 must have parental or guardian permission to use the chatbot. To prevent AI usage in tests, OpenAI recommends that educators do their own research on different approaches and formulate their AI policies based on what works best for them. This is because there is no one-size-fits-all solution to this issue.
The guide also recommends that educators not rely on AI detectors that are available in the market. This is because none of these AI detectors have been proven to reliably distinguish between AI-generated and human-generated content. In fact, OpenAI's own AI detector labeled human-written text like Shakespeare and the Declaration of Independence as AI-generated.
To address the issue of students presenting AI-generated content as their own, OpenAI suggests that teachers should encourage students to share specific conversations from ChatGPT. This will, in fact, help educators verify that students are engaging with the tool responsibly and meaningfully, rather than simply copying answers.
