ChatGPT is a website that is becoming increasingly popular among college students. It provides a unique service: the ability to type in certain prompts, and receive a detailed response in the form of a paper, essay, poem, or other literary assignment. For example, a student can type in a roster of requests for a poem about cats in the style of Robert Frost and have a detailed response without having to write it themselves.
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College has taken an interest in the technology. Jason Stuart, a language arts instructor at the college, has realized its potential and is using it as an educational tool to teach students its ethics and values. He believes that it is helpful in some aspects and problematic in others, and thus encourages students to be aware of what it can and cannot do.
The website is available for free but for new features and improvements, users must pay $20 a month. Although the website is growing more popular, it is important to keep in mind the ethical considerations of writing assignments, according to the college. In order to achieve quality content and avoid plagiarism, the student must consider both the usefulness of ChatGPT, but also the importance of personal responsibility and originality.
