ChatGPT

Probably the biggest challenge facing faculty in the classroom today — and there are many — is generative AI. I’m sure you’ve seen discussion of it everywhere. It’s invading every app, device and experience whether consumers want it or not.

But it’s particularly front of mind this week in education, because MIT scientists released a first-of-its-kind study that looked at how large-language-model (LLM, which is more accurate but less sexy than “AI”) tools like ChatGPT affect students’ brains when they use them to help write essays.