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Teachers have spent the past few years wringing their hands about ChatGPT\u2019s ability to help students cheat on their assignments. Generative AI could write a college essay or answer a math problem in just a fraction of time, making it a tempting shortcut<\/a>. Professors\u2014accurately or inaccurately\u2014accused their students<\/a> of using ChatGPT to complete their assignments.<\/p>\n The education company Chegg estimated<\/a> that 40% of undergraduates around the world have used generative AI in their tertiary studies, with half of that group using a tool like ChatGPT at least once a day.<\/p>\n But education experts speaking at the Fortune Brainstorm AI Singapore conference on Wednesday believe that, almost two years since the release of OpenAI\u2019s ChatGPT, that generative AI can now be an asset to teachers, rather than a shortcut for students.\u00a0<\/p>\n When ChatGPT came out, the \u201cknee-jerk\u201d reaction among educators was fear that students would start plagiarizing their assignments, said Sonita Jeyapathy, co-director of the Center for Pro Bono & Clinical Legal Education at the National University of Singapore. But instead, \u201cwe realized that we could leverage [Gen AI] as well.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Teachers are asking AI developers for assistance in planning lessons, motivating students and professional development, noted Khairul Anwar, founder of Malaysian edtech startup Pandai.\u00a0<\/p>\n AI developers are also building apps to help students with their learning. Pandai has developed a chatbot to help students with their homework\u2014but not do it for them.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s designed not to give the answers outright, but instead to give you step-by-step solutions. To ask the students themselves\u2026what do you understand now, and what do you think the next step is?\u201d said Anwar said.<\/p>\n But chatbots are just the tip of the iceberg.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s a lot more that\u2019s happening in AI beyond just large language models,\u201d said Tim Baldwin, provost of the Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence. He cited the example of an AI that can be trained on how a student is learning, then cater the curriculum to match his or her strengths, expanding access to a personalized tutoring experience to those who traditionally could not afford it.\u00a0<\/p>\n Panelists agreed that AI-enabled cheating was not a new phenomenon.<\/p>\n Jeyapathy said it\u2019s natural for students to want to get a better grade in an easier way. She suggested that a student\u2019s motivation level and a teaching institution\u2019s values are more influential on the decision to cheat than access to any particular AI tool.<\/p>\n Anwar suggested that teachers and institutions needed to better highlight the value of education, rather than promoting learning merely as a way to get material comforts. If education is described as a path to a job, a big house and an expensive car, then \u201cthe message is that this is just a transaction, [and] obviously students will cheat.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n CEO Daily provides key context for the news leaders need to know from across the world of business. Every weekday morning, more than 125,000 readers trust CEO Daily for insights about\u2013and from inside\u2013the C-suite. Subscribe Now<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\nRecommended Newsletter:<\/strong><\/p>\n