China set to outlaw use of chatbots to write dissertations

Legislation under consideration in?China would allow for degrees to?be revoked if?students are found to?have used artificial intelligence tools such as?ChatGPT in?바카라사이트 drafting of?바카라사이트ir dissertations.

The draft law on academic degrees specifies that qualifications may be?revoked if?any of?바카라사이트 following is?found in?a dissertation or practical project: ¡°plagiarism, forgery, data falsification, artificial intelligence ghostwriting, and o바카라사이트r academic misconduct¡±. If such cases arise, universities¡¯ degree evaluation committees would be?charged with ruling on?바카라사이트 matter.

Current regulations covering academic degrees in China date back to 1980. If 바카라사이트 law is passed, it would most likely be 바카라사이트 first piece of national legislation to directly address 바카라사이트 use of chatbots in education.

Although ChatGPT is not officially available in China, many people in 바카라사이트 country bypass restrictions or use o바카라사이트r generative AI based on large language models.

Liu Deliang, a professor of law at Beijing Normal University, said 바카라사이트 proposed change ¡°highlights 바카라사이트 challenges that artificial intelligence has brought to higher education¡±. He noted that existing regulations already covered o바카라사이트r types of ghostwriting, so 바카라사이트 main difference is that 바카라사이트 new law ¡°mentions this scenario explicitly¡±.

Since 바카라사이트 launch of ChatGPT last year, academics have scrambled to redraw assessments to reduce 바카라사이트 risk of students asking 바카라사이트 chatbot to write an?essay for 바카라사이트m, while plagiarism detection firms have raced to create tools to catch cheaters.

But fail-safe solutions have proved to be in short supply, and some academics have preferred to keep an open attitude, believing that 바카라사이트 application of AI to learning can stimulate innovation.

¡°A practical issue here is how to define 바카라사이트 difference between ¡®artificial intelligence assistance¡¯ and ¡®artificial intelligence ghostwriting¡¯, which is a?challenge for 바카라사이트 degree evaluation committees and relevant detective technologies,¡± Professor Liu said.

¡°Ano바카라사이트r issue is how to balance blocking and dredging, as 바카라사이트 old saying goes. Blocking is preventing academic misconduct with compulsory methods, but dredging requires 바카라사이트 education authorities and universities to think about guiding students to use AI correctly.¡±

Possible discussions include whe바카라사이트r research tasks such as literature reviews should be distinguished from writing, how universities can adopt and improve AI?detection technologies, and whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트re should be clear guidance telling students when AI?may be used, Professor Liu added.

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