@da_doomer I was impressed by the students. Their evaluation was much more nuanced than what you typically find on social media or in the media. There was a large consensus that #ChatGPT can be very useful for inspiration, and many see themselves using it for this purpose. They are well aware that it’s a continuum; an FLE (French as foreign language) student mentioned that they’re encouraged by instructors to use Antidote, an advanced grammar checker that gives you detailed explanations for errors: it helps you to avoid errors *and* it’s a learning opportunity.

At the same time, they are very much aware that without reliable citations it’s useless for serious academic writing. Another interesting point mentioned by several students was the fear of becoming dependent on such tools.

It was also interesting to see the importance of your background. Everybody is using machine translation today, that’s a point of reference. One of them has already been using #StableDiffusion and similar tools for creative purposes, e.g., for help with creating storyboards (“Je suis nul en dessin”).

I haven’t read all the written comments, their prompts, and the ChatGPT-generated texts, but the discussion was already very rich.

@true_mxp Sounds like a very nuanced and thoughtful discussion!

Thanks for sharing! :D