The University of Tokyo has banned its students from submitting scientific papers written using the artificial intelligence ChatGPT-based chatbot, it writes. TASS According to the statement made by the university;
“We believe that students should write scientific papers on their own, and therefore we will not accept texts created using artificial intelligence for evaluation,” the institution said in a statement.
On the eve of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan began to develop recommendations for the use of ChatGPT. Authorities fear that heavy use of chatbots in education could hinder the development of students’ independent thinking skills.
ChatGPT is the development of the American company OpenAI, the project was launched at the end of 2022. The service interacts with the user in a dialog mode. A chatbot can answer questions, admit mistakes, challenge false premises, and reject inappropriate requests.
On the one hand, the development of OpenAI was criticized after the chatbot was used by students around the world to take exams and prepare academic papers.
In Italy, they ordered the temporary restriction of the use of ChatGPT chatbot personal data of users from a European country. German authorities also warned of the possibility of implementing such measures.
Former Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin commented It calls for limiting the development of AI, using technology for the benefit of humanity.