UNC students embrace AI in English classes [Video]

Artificial intelligence may be the biggest thing since the invention of writing and word processors.

The tool is now growing in acceptance at places like the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It offers potential benefits as well as possible pitfalls of the technology.

It was just two years ago when OpenAI’s Chat-GPT was released. The tool opens a chatbot, which uses natural language processing to answer questions in a human-like dialogue.

It’s now class material for UNC students in English classes. UNC English professor Daniel Anderson said, “Over time, using it, people have realized that it’s very helpful for some things, but for others, it’s not.”

Anderson calls it “AI Literacy.” Students learn how to use AI in their research and writing while avoiding problems like plagiarism and misinformation.

“So, we have to show students how to navigate all of that and it’s somewhat similar to the concerns …