Ban ChatGPT in schools? Teachers and students should be encouraged to use it

AI tools are only going to improve, and they are going to be ubiquitous. Far better to learn how to make the best use of them.

Allowing, even encouraging, the use of ChatGPT in the classroom is the right move, says the writer. ST PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: RYAN CHIONG
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SINGAPORE - Recently, I received two e-mails on the use of ChatGPT in education. One was from a parent who was puzzled about the Ministry of Education’s decision to allow the use of the much-talked-about artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot in schools.

The mother of two, who caught her secondary school son and his friend using the AI tool to write a school essay, fears that students are likely to use ChatGPT to “cheat” in their school work and in the process, lose out on learning.

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