ChatGPT and AI Are Reshaping Education (Opinion)

To the Editor:

To the Editor: The recent article “We Asked ChatGPT: Should Schools Ban You?” (April 5, 2023) highlighted a relevant issue; however, we may be asking the wrong question altogether.

I understand the impulse to ban anything that makes it easy for students to cheat. Students should be challenged by and engaged in their work instead of having a robot do the work for them. But as educators, maybe we should take issue with the assignments, not artificial intelligence.

While some may be caught up in banning ChatGPT or teaching students how to use tools like it, I would argue…