ChatGPT is a chatbot developed by OpenAI in November of 2022. Chatbots are computer programs that simulate human interactions via artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language processing (NLP). ChatGPT has quickly become popular with students due to its ability to help answer many academic questions.
You can use ChatGPT in the following areas of your studies:
You can use ChatGPT to prepare for exams by creating:
easy-to-understand summaries
multiple choice questions
How to create easy-to-understand summaries
ChatGPT can help you summarize text in an easy-to-understand way. This can simplify and rephrase complicated topics to help you understand them in layman’s terms.
Simply copy the text into the chat section by section and ask it to summarize.
Multiple-choice questions
You can use ChatGPT to create multiple-choice questions for your study material. This can help you test your level of knowledge.
To do this, ask ChatGPT to create multiple-choice questions for a block of text.
Using ChatGPT for homework assignments
You can also use ChatGPT to help you with your homework, for topics such as:
Computer science
Business administration
To do this, generate first draft solutions for the tasks given to you, and then improve them.
ChatGPT for computer science homework
For example, you can work on tasks from technical courses, such as computer science.
ChatGPT for homework in business administration
You can also request assistance on your coursework related to economics or business administration.
*This task was taken from a document published by Prof. Dr. Kay Blaufus.
Note that ChatGPT sometimes makes mistakes, and it is always best to double-check if something it presents to you is correct.
ChatGPT for explaining simple topics
You can get explanations on simple or definitional topics from your studies from ChatGPT as well.
You should not trust ChatGPT’s results unconditionally. While you can use ChatGPT during your studies to clarify questions, you should always double-check the answers you receive against other credible sources, as it doesn’t always give correct information. Don’t cite ChatGPT as a source of factual information.
Yes, ChatGPT is able to create code in different programming languages like Python, Java and C++.
There are several ways you can use ChatGPT in your studies, such as if programming is part of your bachelor’s or master’s degree.
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Tegan is an American based in Amsterdam, with master's degrees in political science and education administration. While she is definitely a political scientist at heart, her experience working at universities led to a passion for making social science topics more approachable and exciting to students.
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February 13, 2023 at 9:59 AMThanks for reading! Hope you found this article helpful. If anything is still unclear, or if you didn’t find what you were looking for here, leave a comment and we’ll see if we can help.