Schools across Green Country are taking steps to address the recent advances in artificial intelligence. There is a fear that students are using AI technology to complete their assignments. In response, Oklahoma State University made changes to its syllabus before the start of the spring semester.
OSU Vice Provost Dr. Christine Ormsbee said, “We may have to rethink some of our assignments.” To test the technology, News On 6 asked ChatGPT to write a news story about Godzilla attacking Tulsa. It created a fake story and a fake quote from Mayor GT Bynum.
Ormsbee said some of the faculty recommendations include shorter in-class writing assignments and requiring certain resources to be used in papers. She also suggests that students turn on their track changes when writing and turn in their papers with their track changes as one of their examples. Union Public Schools has blocked ChatGPT on student devices and has given teachers help to detect material written by ChatGPT.
Ormsbee said the message they want to send to students is that using this technology may help in the short run but will not help them develop writing skills in the long run. A TU professor who is writing a book about AI said, “There’s a lot of moral panic about AI right now, most of it undeserved, but there will be things that catch us unprepared.” TU said its professors are “exploring what this latest technological advancement means for students and faculty and how best to encourage proper use.”
