JULY - 20238 IN MYV EWRecently a fellow faculty colleague wrote a post on social media where they encountered a student who used an artificial intelligence chatbot (Open AI's ChatGPT) to write a midterm paper for them and submitted it as their own. Under normal circumstances, the professor would have assumed that this student competently wrote a paper on the topic and graded it accordingly. The rub here was that this particular professor was aware of this type of technology and that this student was not known to produce the quality document presented as their own. Suspecting plagiarism, the professor followed the University's procedure in submitting it through the various channels but came up empty. On a whim, he decided to use a new algorithm (GPTZero) that detects the use of AI chatbots and hits pay dirt.While there are many technology companies and research Universities working on exactly this type of artificial intelligence, it presents many ethical and potentially litigious avenues that can be misused in advertently or with malicious intent. It is widely recognized many of the benefits of this technology, including in academia where virtual teaching assistants can aid in coursework freeing up a faculty's time for more direct research and coursework, where information can be formulated based on an ever-expanding knowledge base to generate answers to problems in a common language and in a BY RAYMOND KENT, ASSOCIATE AIA, LEED AP BD+C, PRINCIPAL,INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY DESIGN GROUP LEADER, DLR GROUPIS THE WRITING ON THE WALL FOR AI CHAT BOTS?Raymond Kent
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