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Middlesex ChatGPT and Generative AI-A Faculty's Guide

How Are Students Using GenAI?

All the information below is taken from 4 in 10 College Students Are Using ChatGPT On Assignments.

In February 2024, Intelligent.com surveyed 588 college students and found 37% currently use ChatGPT. For students currently using ChatGPT:

  • 96% of use ChatGPT for schoolwork;
  • 80% use it for other tasks (e.g., communication, job searching);
  • 69% use the tool for help with writing assignments;
  • 29% of which have ChatGPT write entire essays;
  • Half have had at least one professor encourage ChatGPT use;
  • 86% say their ChatGPT use has gone undetected;
  • 3 in 4 believe using ChatGPT is cheating.

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It's Time to Rethink "Plagiarism" and "Cheating"

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Miller, Matt. "ChatGPT, Chatbots and Artificial Intelligence in Education". Ditch that Textbook, 17 December 2022, https://ditchthattextbook.com/ai/.