Why A UNM Professor Thinks You Should Learn ChatGPT

"ChatGPT" is a big deal on the internet today. Released in November, the publicly available, AI-driven chatbot is trained to understand and answer text-based questions in an unprecedented way. Its answers can be so convincing that you may feel like you're talking to a real person, not a computer. If you haven't tried it yet, here's a link.

There's a lot of excitement about how people might use these advanced chatbots. But ChatGPT and generative AI is also raising questions about how people can misuse the technology, particularly in the world of education where students are expected to research, write, and publish their own original material. 

How is generative AI impacting education? What does this say about our future workforce? 

This week on the podcast, Chris and Gabby welcome a top New Mexico educator, University of New Mexico Professor and Dean, Leo S. Lo for an extended conversation about ChatGPT. Lo is the Dean of UNM's College of University Libraries & Learning Sciences. He's also written about the need to train students on how to use AI language models effectively. Hear more about why Lo thinks ChatGPT shouldn't be ignored or banned in academia, also, the benefits and the drawbacks he sees with groundbreaking technology.

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