7th Grader Allegedly Uses ChatGPT To Cheat on Homework, Gets Caught

Student "Arjun" got allegedly busted after using ChatGPT for his English homework.

Students Uses ChatGPT For English Homework

According to the New York Post, the incident was posted by Roshan Patel, Walnut CEO, on Twitter. Patel writes that his little cousin, Argun, got busted for using ChatGPT for his English homework.

The tweet went viral, amassing over 1.2 million views and thousands of reactions.

The photo of the homework highlights the AI's statement that expresses how, as an AI language model, the chatbot does not hold any opinions or expectations. Apparently, Arjun copied the chatbot's response verbatim without omitting the prompt, India Today adds.

Aside from the statement, the term "poignant" also got highlighted. Such a word could hardly be found in the vocabulary of every preteen.

Netizens had a lot to say about the cheating incident. One person wondered how Arjun could write the sentence without giving it thought, while another pointed out that if the student made it to 7th grade without thinking about taking that statement out, the system seems to be failing the children.

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AI Ethics: Use It For Homework or Not?

A survey by BestColleges responded by a thousand graduate and undergraduate students aimed to assess the perceptions of students towards using AI for homework. According to Forbes, more than half of college students (51%) think that using AI tools, including ChatGPT, for exams and homework is considered cheating.

The survey also discovered that 43% of college students had self-reported using AI, while half of those admitted to using such tools for assignments and exams. Forbes notes that such figures are equivalent to one in five college students admitting that they use AI for schoolwork. Most of the AI-using students expressed doing so for personal projects, for fun, and out of curiosity.

Forbes adds that the students' opinions on such ethics depended on the construction of the survey questions. For instance, when students were asked if using such tools to finish exams or assignments was morally wrong, 27% disagreed while 41% agreed.

However, when they were asked if using such AI tools should not be allowed in educational settings, 38% disagreed while 27% agreed.

The survey discovered that 47% of the students agreed that AI can be used in an ethical way to help with exams and assignments. Such a number was more than double the percentage of those who disagreed (21%).

Among the students who self-reported AI use, 50% said that they used AI only for some portion, but that they did most of the work by themselves. About 30% used the tools for most of their assignments, while 17% used them to fully finish, without editing, an assignment.

Nearly 57% of college students expressed that they did not plan to use or keep on using AI for finishing exams or assignments. However, 32% expressed that they had used it or would keep using it in the future. Roughly 11%, on the other hand, chose not to answer.

Forbes notes that the survey shows a lack of policies that leave students uncertain regarding how the use of AI tools is viewed in their schools. Approximately 54% reported that their teachers or instructors did not openly discuss the use of such tools. Only 25% expressed that their instructors or schools had specified how to ethically and responsibly use AI.

About 40% of student respondents also thought that using AI would defeat education's purpose, while 27% worried about how the technology would affect their education. Nearly 31% were concerned about how AI would affect their career or future career, and 48% were concerned about how AI would affect society as a whole.

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