In a study published in the International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, researchers concluded that students are more likely to use ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence tool based on generative artificial intelligence when overwhelmed with academic work. The study also revealed that ChatGPT is correlated with procrastination, memory loss, and a decrease in academic performance, as well as a concern about the future.
Using generative AI in education has been shown to have a profound impact in terms of its widespread use and potential drawbacks. The very fact that advanced AI programs have been available in public for only a short while has already raised a great deal of concern. AI has created a lot of dangers in the past few years, from people using the programs to produce work that was not their own, and taking credit for it, to AI impersonating celebrities with no consent of the celebrity.
The legislature is finding it hard to keep up.
AI software programs like ChatGPT, however, have been found to have negative psychological effects on students, including memory loss, which is an unfortunate new side effect that has yet to be discovered. A study has shown that students who use artificial intelligence software such as ChatGPT are more likely to perform poorly academically, suffer memory loss, and procrastinate more frequently, according to the study.
It has been found that 32% of university students already use the AI chatbot ChatGPT every week, and it can generate convincing answers to simple text prompts.
Several new studies have found that university students who use ChatGPT to complete assignments fall into a vicious circle where they don’t give themselves enough time to complete their assignments, they need to rely on ChatGPT to complete them, and their ability to remember facts gradually weakens over time.
A study by the University of Oxford found that students who had heavy workloads and a lot of time pressure were more likely to use ChatGPT than those who had less sensitive rewards.
They did, however, find a correlation between the degree to which a student reflects on their conscientiousness regarding work quality and the extent to which they use ChatGPT. This study found that students who frequently used ChatGPT procrastinated more than students who rarely used ChatGPT.
This study was conducted in two phases, allowing the researchers to gain a better understanding of these dynamics. As part of the study, a scale was developed and validated to assess the use of ChatGPT as an academic tool by university students.
Following expert evaluations of content validity, the original 12 items were reduced to 10 after the initial set of 12 items had been generated.
Eventually, the final selection of eight items was made through exploratory factor analysis and reliability testing, which resulted in an effective measure of the extent to which ChatGPT has been used for academic purposes. Researchers conducted three surveys of students to determine who is most likely to use ChatGPT, and how easily users experience the consequences.
To investigate whether ChatGPT is having any beneficial effects, the researchers asked a series of questions. A thesis was published that stated students who rely on AI because they feel overwhelmed by all of the work they have to do probably do so in a bid to save time as they feel overwhelmed by all of their work. Hence it might have been concluded from the results that ChatGPT may have been a tool that would be used mainly by students who had already been struggling academically.
The advancement of artificial intelligence can be amazing, as exemplified by its recent use to recreate Marilyn Monroe's personality, but the dangers of a system allowing for super-intelligence cannot be ignored.
There is no doubt that artificial intelligence is becoming more advanced every day. At the end of the research, the researchers found that high use of ChatGPT was linked to detrimental outcomes for the participants.
ChatGPT has been reported to be a cause of memory loss in students and a lower overall GPA in these students. Researchers advise that educators should assign students activities, assignments, or projects that cannot be completed by ChatGPT so students are actively engaged in critical thinking and problem-solving activities, the study's authors recommend. To mitigate ChatGPT's adverse effects on a student's learning journey and mental capabilities, this can be said to be a beneficial factor.
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