Advantages and Disadvantages of ChatGPT

John Mark B. Bostrillo

Today, we are living in a society where technologies and new innovations like

ChatGPT are emerging. These technologies brought tremendous advancements in

businesses, factories, and even lift our economy at its fullest. While these technologies

have been adopted by many sectors in our country, does that mean that our education

sector should adopt these technologies like ChatGPT too? Well, for me, we should and

at the same time we shouldn’t.

Allowing us, as students, to use ChatGPT presents a varieties of advantages and

challenges which needs our careful consideration. On the other hand, integration of this

technology into our educational settings has also the chance to improve our learning

experiences, foster creativity, and provide support to our learners. But despite of these,

issues on authenticity, overreliance, and ethical considerations has been also evident.

We are in a 21st century education. We lived in a digitalize world. As much as we

wanted to avoid these technologies, there will always be chances that we will be dealing

on it especially in the field of education. Introducing ChatGPT in the classroom is not

bad, but it is neither good. I believe that ChatGPT offers a wide range of opportunities

for students and even teachers but at the same time provide disadvantages in our

educational setting.

As a student, one of the benefits that ChatGPT brought to us was its ability to

enhance our learning. The AI serve as our important tool when we are having research

because it gives a wide range of information and it helps ourselves to explore ideas on
different issues. Through ChatGPT, we were able to build our socialization skills by

engaging with our classmates in a conversation. It also helps us in stimulating real world

problems, and become a more critical thinker.

Additionally, ChatGPT acts as a helpful tool if we find certain subjects

challenging. It provides explanations, offers clarifications, and acts as our personalized

tutor, catering to our individual learning needs. The AI also enhances our creativity by

assisting us in generating ideas and brainstorming. Its ability to understand natural

language and provide relevant ideas, inspires us to think outside the box. This

collaborative effort between human and machine has the potential to bring innovative

solutions and perspectives that might not emerge through traditional methods alone.

Despite the advancements it brought to us students, we also need to know that

ChatGPT also raises valid concerns about authenticity in our educational settings. It is

crucial for us to actively participate in the learning process, avoiding sole reliance on the

AI for answers. Striking a balance between using the technology for assistance and

encouraging independent thinking is important to maintain the integrity of our

educational experience.

The risk of overreliance on ChatGPT, also hinders the development of our critical

thinking skills. We used to receive instant answers without putting in the effort to

analyze, synthesize, and evaluate information. Through this, it led to a passive learning

approach, where we merely absorb information without engaging in meaningful critical

thinking process.
 We tend to over rely on ChatGPT instead of thinking on our own. For this reason,

we loss the chance to effectively enhance our critical thinking because we solely rely on

ChatGPT as our tool to generate ideas. And as a student, this is also one thing that has

happened to me.

That is why I am also against in the introduction of ChatGPT in the classroom

because as a student, I am also one that has been affected. Not only myself, but also

some of the students who were using this tool in their academic journey. Teachers need

to teach students of the things that might happened when they solely rely on this tool. In

this way, teachers are not only helping students to become aware of the disadvantages

that an AI provide, but also helping the students to become the better version of their

selves. When this happened, they will totally live their life at its fullest in which they can

think critically, socialize with their fellow individuals, and become a creative thinker of

their own.

To conclude, I will probably say that, using ChatGPT is good because as one that

used this tool, it provides a cascade of opportunities for me being a student. ChatGPT

has lifted me from things that I don’t know and enables myself to become updated of

them. But, if we rely on it most of the time, that will be the time that’s the time where we

could say that AI is definitely bad. It is totally bad because it led to our disruptions if not

properly used. That is why, we need to have a balance strike when we used ChatGPT

because in the end we are the ones to be blame if something good or bad has

happened to us.