Nowadays, technology is everywhere. We see changes in the way that technology influences us, especially in the field of education. One of them is Artificial Intelligence(AI), which has been one of the biggest upgrades to technological developments. Chat GPT, a powerful AI Chat-bot tool, has swept the world in the past months. With Chat GPT gaining global popularity, it has raised heated discussions.

Some say it is helpful to education because of its ability to write emails, stories, summaries, reviews, essays, and blogs. Chat GPT’s ability to process information in a short period of time and definitely the easy access to its users helped it gain popularity—now among students and teachers. Chat GPT can actually help make education better. Advanced Chat-bots can be used as powerful classroom aids that make lessons more interactive, teach students media literacy, generate personalized lesson plans, and save teachers time on admin. For students, they can use Chat GPT to ask for clarification or information about course materials, saving time for themselves. Besides, Chat GPT can provide students with some suggestions for writing, grammar, and vocabulary, helping students improve their language and writing skills. Chat GPT can also assist students in understanding and retaining information by providing explanations and answering questions at an incredible speed and with significant accuracy.

However, concerns over academic misconduct by using Chat GPT have arisen. Though it can provide great help for students, some students misuse it. A large majority of students are already using Chat GPT for homework assignments, creating challenges around plagiarism, cheating, and learning. According to a survey, 90% of students in the USA are aware of Chat GPT, and 89% of survey respondents report that they have used the platform to help with homework assignments. In order to stop this, some public schools in New York decided to block Chat GPT from their devices and WiFi networks. Canadian universities craft Chat GPT Policies as French school bans AI Program.

It is hard to say whether Chat GPT is for education good or not because of its great capacities. What we should do is to embrace them, optimize their potential, and try to get the best out of them.