- 14 Mar 2002
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According to a survey of 4,000 undergraduate students, 32.4% said they had used ChatGPT, with 14% saying they had used it for their assignments. The survey also found many students were well aware of the potential risks of the chatbot.
Of those who used it for assignments, 91.8% said they checked and corrected answers the chatbot had given, and 85.3% edited the generated text and added sentences to express their ideas. [...] Of those who used ChatGPT for assignments, 77.5% said it helped them improve their writing, and 70.7% said it improved their thinking. However, not all students were optimistic about using the chatbot for their academic work. Of those who have used ChatGPT, 56.8% have never used it for their assignments. Asked why, 28.4% of the respondents said that they consider it to be cheating. Another 24.7% said they don't use it for projects because the chatbot can give incorrect answers.