
Students are often advised not to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) for their assignments, whereas teachers don’t seem to have such instructions for delivering lectures.
In one such case from the United States, a student of Northeastern University, Boston, demanded a tuition fee worth Rs 6,80,000 ($ 8000). She found out that her professor used ChatGPT to deliver lectures.
The student, Ella Stapleton, was studying the notes for Organisational Behaviour when she found an instruction to Chat GPT given by the professor. The instructions were, “Expand on all areas. Be more detailed and specific.”
This was followed by a list of positive and negative leadership traits, each with an elaborate definition and a bullet-pointed example.
Upon noticing the instructions, Stapleton texted her classmate. Did you see the notes he put on Canvas?” she wrote, referring to the university’s software platform for hosting course materials. “He made it with ChatGPT.” “OMG Stop,” the classmate responded. “What the hell?”
As Stapleton dug further, she found signs of AI being used in the professor’s presentation slides. According to the New York Times report, the student wasn’t happy and filed a complaint with the college demanding a fee refund.
After several meetings with Stapleton, the college denied the refund. However, the professor admitted to have used Chat GPT for preparing the lectures.