BOSTON, Massachusetts — A student for Northeastern University don request refund for her tuition after she catch her business professor dey use artificial intelligence (AI) to prepare lecture notes. Ella Stapleton, wey graduate from di university dis year, file formal complaint after she notice wetin she consider suspicious activities during di lectures.
According to Stapleton, she discover signs wey show say AI dey generate di notes, including citation of ‘ChatGPT‘ for di bibliography, plenty typos, and even images wey depict figures wit extra limbs. She text her friend for class wey also shock after dem discover di revelation. “Did you see di notes he put on Canvas? He made it with ChatGPT,” she go text. Her friend reply: “OMG Stop. Wetin dey happen?”
Stapleton vex say she no dey get di top-notch education wey dem promise, especially with di amount wey she pay for school. As a result, she go file formal complaint against di business school, citing di AI use alongside other issues she get with di teaching style of Professor Rick Arrowood. Di tuition refund wey she de seek na over Rs 6.8 lakh (about $8,000).
“Him dey tell us make we no use am, but him dey use am himself,” Stapleton lament.
After series of meetings, Northeastern University reject Stapleton’s claim. Professor Arrowood admit say him use AI tools like ChatGPT, Perplexity AI search engine, and Gamma presentation generator wey help am write di lectures. “For hindsight…I wish I go look am more closely. If my experience fit teach people, den dat go be my happy spot,” him talk.
Northeastern’s AI policy state say any faculty or student must “provide appropriate attribution when using an AI System to generate content” wey dey included for any “scholarly publication, or submitted to anybody, publication or other organization.” Since ChatGPT enter di scene for 2022, e don change di AI culture worldwide. Though students dey quick adapt di technology, many schools and colleges don either ban or restrict am.
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