3. Is the end of homework near?As new powerful artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT take the Internet by storm,teachers concerned with AI-driven cheating are questioning their teaching and assessment methods.
ChatGPT,the most powerful AI language model ever developed by the company OpenAI,remembers the thread of your dialogue,using previous questions and answers to inform its next responses.Deriving its answers from huge volumes of information on the Internet,it is fine-tuned using both supervised and reinforcement learning.It is capable of generating natural-sounding text on demand in just a few seconds.The quality of the copy it produces is sufficient to impress teachers in secondary and higher education,and even researchers.A few days after its launch,more than 1 million people were trying out ChatGPT.UBS analyst Lloyd Walmsley estimated in February 2023 that ChatGPT reached 100 million monthly users in January,accomplishing in 2 months what took TikTok about 9 months and Instagram two and a half years.
The use of AI tools in copywriting has sparked an outcry around the world.In the United States,public schools in New York and Seattle have decided to block ChatGPT from their devices and WiFi networks.In France,the prestigious Sciences Po university in Paris has also just announced a strict ban on its use.But experts question whether bans like these are really effective.On one hand,students will always be able to access tools like ChatGPT through other means than school devices.On the other hand,some question the relevance of blocking access to a digital tool whose use is likely to grow in the professional world in the coming years.
Amelie Cordier,a lecturer in artificial intelligence at Lyon University,notes that students haven't waited for ChatGPT to try to escape the chore of homework—whether by photocopying the library encyclopedia,copy-pasting content from Wikipedia or enlisting their parents' help. "What is ultimately very important in the learning process is not so much the subject on which you learn,it's the methodology that you learn to develop around that subject," Cordier said.
(1)Why does the author raise a question in paragraph 1?
A.To imply a future trend.
B.To arouse the readers' interest.
C.To introduce background knowledge.
D.To reveal the negative effects of artificial intelligence.
(2)For what purpose does the author list figures in paragraph 2?
A.To show the popularity of ChatGPT.
B.To stress the high cost of inventing ChatGPT.
C.To present the creativity of artificial intelligence.
D.To prove the necessity of developing tools for chatting online.
(3)Which of the following is probably the reason for the experts' question?
A.Students can always employ AI tools in other ways.
B.Teachers and researchers are impressed by ChatGPT.
C.The bans have been announced only in the US and France.
D.AI tools have already been widely applied in professional fields.
(4)What plays a critical role in learning according to Cordier?
A.Parents' help.
B.The library encyclopedia.
C.The system of methods.
D.The content from Wikipedia.