ChatGPT Just Got Better. What Does That Mean for Our Writing Assignments?
In this article by Anna Mills, you will find sobering, yet hopeful suggestions for any instructor seeking to create writing assignments that encourage genuine learning. This advice-rich article on AI and writing assignment design is a “must-read.”
A lot of academics were in the midst of devising policies and testing pedagogical responses to ChatGPT — the chatbot released in November that generates plausible-sounding, original text at a user’s command — when OpenAI this month announced a new version of the underlying software: GPT-4. It’s all been a bit dizzying. But as a writing instructor of 17 years, I was among those who tested the new version over the past six months. So I want to share a few observations on what to expect, how the update should affect our response to ChatGPT, and what this jump in sophistication suggests for the future.