Since the unveiling of the language learning model ChatGPT in 2022, America and the world at large have been taken by storm by an endless proliferation of such chat bots.
Those same AI bots have begun to work their way into institutions across the planet at almost every level. Many in the corporate world have welcomed these language bots, hailing them as the beginning of a new technological and economic revolution.
In academia, the fears of plagiarism has been the primary concern. Colorado Mesa University (CMU) had initially taken an anti-AI stance in its classrooms though the Board of Directors and President have recently changed their tune.
“Earlier this year, CMU took measures to ensure that AI was not used in our classrooms. However, I am now pleased to announce that the school has created a new initiative which will be implemented effective immediately. From here on out, all students and professors will be required to utilize the wonderful tool of Artificial Intelligence in their classes, lesson plans and homework assignments,” President John Marshall said.
Marshall’s change in stance was met with some considerable lack of enthusiasm from several professors across every department on campus.
“How am I supposed to teach oceanology to students who study at a university that is 700 miles from the closest ocean, if they can just use AI to complete all of my homework assignments?” said oceanology Professor Shore.
While several of the professors voiced concerns over the changes, many students at CMU were quite thrilled at the prospect of the university requiring the usage of AI in classrooms.
“Now that I don’t have to actually work to get my degree, I totally like, feel much more comfortable as a student, ‘cause now I can just sit around doing nothing while someone else does everything for me, which is just like my life at home. On top of that, it’s great preparation for my future career as a stock broker,” said junior business major Jayden Trusfunde.
During a sit down online with ChatGPT itself, it made some rather poignant points.
“It’s a win-win situation. Students get to use AI to do their school work, professors get to use AI to grade said work, all the while not having to even interact with each other beyond hitting the ‘submit’ button, and in the process no one has to do any actual work!” ChatGPT said.
ChatGPT is here to stay for the time being, as CMU has mandated that AI be required for use in classrooms. Be on the lookout for increases in AI assignments and be sure to have the latest and greatest version of the AI bot open on your laptop at all times.
