Hard Fork

ChatGPT Transforms a Classroom + Is 'M3GAN' Real?

A high school teacher on how the new chatbot from OpenAI is transforming her classroom — for the better. And, “M3GAN” may be closer than you think.Plus: Why Gen Z is chasing the digital camera aesthetic.On today’s episode:Cherie Shields is a high school English teacher in Sandy, Ore.<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/kalley-huang" target="_blank">Kalley Huang</a> is a technology reporting fellow based in San Francisco.Additional reading:Gen Z is bringing back the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/07/technology/digital-cameras-olympus-canon.html" target="_blank">digital camera</a>, and teenagers in Brooklyn are <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/15/style/teens-social-media.html" target="_blank">rejecting smartphone culture</a>.Researchers at Columbia University are trying to build <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/06/science/robots-artificial-intelligence-consciousness.html" target="_blank">conscious robots</a>.<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/12/technology/chatgpt-schools-teachers.html" target="_blank">The case</a> for using ChatGPT in schools.
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