Is there anyone in the study abroad circle who doesn't use GPT anymore?
You use ChatGPT to write cold emails to professors? Well, professors are now using GPT to reply. Magic defeats magic.
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The English with that distinct ChatGPT flavor is just too strong👇
Students use ChatGPT for assignments, TAs use ChatGPT for feedback. Alright, everyone's just part of the AI play.
New to research with a poor paper? Advisors now directly recommend polishing it with GPT 👇
With well-crafted prompts, even SCI papers become manageable.
Especially after ChatGPT-4's release, with upgraded features and increasingly wild applications.
Can't sleep alone? No problem, get GPT to lull you to sleep by reciting French.
With its magnetic, smooth-talking voice, reciting poetry and discussing philosophy—you might really worry about falling in love if you chat too long.
Being pressured by parents to find a boyfriend? Okay, let GPT act as your boyfriend and call your mom, sweet-talking with high EQ, calling her 'mom' the moment he meets her👇
When asked tough questions like annual salary, GPT can bluff without batting an eyelid: earning 30k a month, 4 million a year 🤷♂️
Ask and it says it'll work 10 jobs to support your daughter. He really touches me to tears.
Although GPT's deep voice sounds totally like a pig-butchering scam, who wouldn't love an AI boyfriend that speaks eight languages?
It's at a level where the virtual boyfriends from games like 'Love and Producer' would be put out of work—no need to whale with thousands, just a monthly fee of $20.
Even if the other party is a pig-butchering scammer, using GPT to chat on your behalf can still be polite, gentle, and friendly 😊
GPT even chats more like a pig-butchering scam than an actual scammer, becoming and surpassing him 👇
The screen reeks of GPT flavor; it feels like two AIs chatting with each other, and humans are just part of the play 😅
The scammer thought he'd met a colleague in the field and fled overnight 😂
GPT is not only great at companionship, but also has extremely high EQ. Even though 2+5=7, if your girlfriend says it's 8, then 'It must be 8' 😂
Using GPT to read literature, 10 papers a day is no problem—being a top student is no longer a dream.
Let GPT invest in US stocks for you, and occasionally it can even outperform the market.
Essay polishing, data processing, resume tweaking for job hunting, voice companionship, investment... GPT has become so powerful it can do almost anything. Let me see which international student still isn't using GPT.
For a $20 monthly fee, it answers every question—what kind of super TA has no office hours? Thank you GPT, I couldn't survive my studies without you 🙏
How Are Universities Responding to ChatGPT Now
Compared to students' 'Anything can be GPT-ified,' universities' attitudes toward ChatGPT have been quite a rollercoaster. At first, they resisted fiercely, officially banning it.
In January this year, New York City blocked access to ChatGPT on devices and networks in public schools. The city's education department stated the decision was due to concerns that 'ChatGPT could negatively impact student learning.'
Princeton student Edward Tian even developed an app specifically to counter ChatGPT, capable of quickly identifying whether a text was written by a human or AI, helping professors detect cheating students. It was seen as a lifeline at the time.
In March, eight universities in the Russell Group explicitly banned students from using ChatGPT for assignments, including Oxford, Cambridge, Manchester, Bristol, Edinburgh, and others.
The top international machine learning conference, ICML, also announced a ban on using ChatGPT for paper submissions.
However, in just a few short months, the shift from 'seeing ChatGPT as a monstrous beast' at the beginning of the year to 'peaceful coexistence' today has happened.
By March, New York City reversed its ban on ChatGPT. Officials stated the initial ban had overlooked AI's potential and positive impact in education.
In July, 24 top UK universities in the Russell Group jointly announced the reversal of the ChatGPT ban, not only allowing students and faculty to use it within guidelines but also providing official guidance from the schools themselves.
The institutions said this will help universities make full use of AI while maintaining academic rigor.
In August, the University of Hong Kong also lifted its ban on ChatGPT.
The Australian government also indicated that its public schools may lift the ChatGPT ban next year.
On one hand, schools are relaxing usage policies; on the other, ChatGPT keeps upgrading and improving.
At the start of the year, universities worldwide were collectively banning ChatGPT, but now everyone has come around and embraced it.
UNC officials stated that banning AI is not only impractical but could even hinder students' development in the long run.
AI is unstoppable, and banning GPT is clearly unrealistic. How to integrate AI in teaching in a reasonable and regulated manner will be a key focus for universities going forward.
However, we must use tools like AI responsibly. GPT cannot turn garbage into gold, and not all content can be handled by GPT, as it could be deemed academic dishonesty.
Relying on GPT for everything will only harm you.
This is just like over-relying on Google, Zhihu, or Xiaohongshu in the past—tools cannot replace our thinking, and GPT is no different. In future study-abroad life, human-AI collaboration will be the trend, but never let AI consume your life.
Finally, borrowing a UNC professor's takeaway: 'AI should help you think, not think for you.'
