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Generative AI’s like ChatGPT and Grok have filled in a lot of blanks for us in recent years – it’s been a list maker, homework helper, search engine and even a personal therapist for some. With this technological power at the tips of our fingers, many find themselves caught between remaining wary of the true power of AI and embracing it completely. In the education sector, it seems to lean toward the latter.
It is not a good precedent to appropriate work from other creators, even if you think more art will be created through AI. Intellectual property is protected in every field and service; however, for some reason, AI large language models have been able to use intellectual property for their own benefit, because it hasn’t been properly regulated yet. Many argue that ChatGPT isn’t “creating” anything; it is simply plagiarizing it and calling it their own.
In 1961, the machine sang its first words. Surrounded by engineers and programmers, the IBM 7094 became the first computer to carry a tune. Now, as artificial intelligence sings covers of songs and creates them from nothing more than a prompt, we have come a long way since the earliest babbling of machine-generated music.
“AI can make a lot of decisions much faster, but I think as a society, we’re not yet willing to accept the cost of our decision because of liability if a doctor makes the wrong decision,” Rivas said. “If AI is making decisions, who is responsible for that?”
When talking about artificial “intelligence,” most people assume that the model is right and that it can be trusted. However, AI models are learning models, which means they are basically students. They consume information and spit it out when asked. This does not mean the information spit out is always right.
To ban the use of an emerging technology simply out of fear will result in unfamiliarity with a tool of the future. Generative AI programs will not just disappear because educational institutions don’t like their capability for dishonesty.
Baylor’s Office of Academic Integrity offers resources to professors to combat the use of ChatGPT in the classroom. The list of resources was made available to faculty on April 4, five months after OpenAI released ChatGPT and sparked conversations about the ethics of using it in the classroom.
According to Turnitin, the platform already has a resource page to support educators on AI and what they need to know about the new technology. These include updates on the capabilities of AI and updates on the progress they have made on their own detection feature so far.
“I believe even more today how important it is that we have a university like Baylor in the broad and diverse landscape of higher education,” Livingstone said. “We’ve been really privileged to be successful at making tremendous progress on this vision.”
The Academic Integrity Department has already begun creating a list of tools for professors to use in order to detect ChatGPT, which is available on their website. Including sites that behave like Turnitin.com and will pick up AI, Null said professors are encouraged to use these sites if they feel it is necessary.
The reports of each test said ChatGPT was able to pass the exams, but not necessarily outscore human students.
Reed and Sneed said they aren’t entirely sure students aren’t already using the software, but there are many limitations to the AI.