When high school teacher Jamie Mitchell asked his students about ChatGPT this week, he wasn’t surprised when the vast majority said they already knew about or had used the artificial intelligence tool that seemingly everyone is talking about.
“It’s everywhere. It’s hard to ignore,” noted the Burlington, Ont., math teacher. “Some kids are using it because … it’s a fun laugh to get it to answer different questions. Some kids are using it for their schoolwork.”
An elementary student reviews an assignment written by ChatGPT. When Ontario teacher Jamie Mitchell input math problems his students were working on into the bot, it soon