Schools are being warned about choosing coursework over exams due to the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) systems. A think tank has said "the advent of ChatGPT is a significant threat to the integrity of formal assessments in this country and elsewhere".
ChatGPT is a form of generative AI which can respond to questions in a human-like manner and understand the context of follow-up queries, much like in human conversations, as well as being able to compose essays if asked – sparking fears it could be used by students to complete assignments.
Establishing for certain whether a pupil produced the work they submitted for a coursework-style task has become “a virtually impossible task” in the advent of ChatGPT, according to a report from education think tank EDSK.
