Exploring the Educational Potential of ChatGPT: Benefits, Drawbacks, and Implications

Since its public release on November 30, 2022, ChatGPT quickly attracted over a million users within a week, demonstrating its sophisticated ability to perform complex tasks. The generative AI tool, ChatGPT, has sparked mixed reactions among educators due to its profound capabilities, potentially revolutionizing educational practices. In this study, the researchers explore the benefits, challenges, and broader implications of integrating ChatGPT into educational settings, examining its transformative impact on teaching and learning and addressing the various concerns and opportunities it presents.

The researchers employed an exploratory approach, reviewing existing literature and actively engaging with ChatGPT to gauge its functionalities and limitations. By posing various educational questions to ChatGPT and analyzing its responses against scholarly research, the researchers assessed its effectiveness and applicability within educational environments.

The researchers found that ChatGPT offers several benefits for educational settings, including personalized tutoring, automated essay grading, language translation, interactive and adaptive learning experiences. However, it also identified significant drawbacks such as reduced human interaction, bias in training data, and privacy issues. These findings emphasize the need for careful integration of ChatGPT in educational contexts, with a strong focus on awareness and mitigation of its limitations.