Four ways students use ChatGPT

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The hallmark of the 21st century is ‘technology.’ It has changed the paradigm of how we reason and approach life. Technological advancement has made communication, health and education better. Although there is an ongoing debate that Artificial Intelligence will disrupt human skills, it is also noteworthy to realise how it enhances students’ learning process.

Chat GPT is a tool, driven by artificial intelligence to have human-like conversations. It means Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer. It was developed as a natural language processing instrument to assist with human tasks. Students are using this interactive tool to make learning tasks easier in the following ways:

Research

It is common nowadays to find students using Chat GPT to generate research ideas or to solve puzzles. This artificial intelligence tool is simple and calculative in generating ideas and answers. The ideas obtained are used in formulating research topics. GPT not only serves as an inspiration to students, it also gives them a breakdown of what a particular topic should be or look like. Sometimes, research can be very challenging and frustrating for students when they are stuck on what to incorporate into their study; the ChatGPT AI tool gives a unified direction on what has been documented before and the perspectives that need to be explored. However, it can only be maximised when asked the right questions and supplied with the right information.

Assignment

Sometimes, students find it difficult to meet deadlines concerning their assignments. Hence, they use Chat GPT to know how to approach the assignment in the shortest possible time. The results provided are always gratifying and unique to students, helping them approach their schoolwork from an exceptional perspective. They can answer and come up with exceptional ways of doing the assignment. The Chat is also used to inquire about how the work structure should be, that is, a framework.

Book, article reviews and summaries

ChatGPT is revolutionising how students conduct book reviews and article summaries. When examination is fast approaching, students use the ChatGPT to analyze topics into smaller bits for better comprehension. Students can generate different questions that serve as a practice in enabling them to prepare for exams.

Grammatical Error

Students use chatGPT to improve the grammatical construction of their essays. With the right prompt on the goal of the writing, ChatGPT can restructure already-written articles to fit suitable grammatical rules. Additionally, students use ChatGPT to fine-tune their essays to avoid plagiarism.

So far, the debate about the ethics surrounding the use of AI in academics is still ongoing.

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