Indian college students – As AI chatbots make their way into classrooms worldwide, OpenAI on Monday, October 27, announced a new education-focused initiative that looks to make it easier for college students in India to use ChatGPT to study. ‘Chats for Students in India’ is a webpage comprising more than 50 real-world use cases of how students in top Indian universities have been prompting ChatGPT to study as well as learn new skills and navigate college life. These sample prompts range from ‘create a study schedule’ to ‘generate a practice quiz’, ‘get hostel cooking advice’, and more.
Institutions that have contributed to the new ChatGPT prompt guide for students include IIT Madras, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), and Delhi Technical Campus, OpenAI said. Story continues below this ad “Education has become the #1 used case for ChatGPT in India, driven entirely by students from the ground up. Students are using AI as an intellectual sparring partner to develop real- world skills like problem-solving, analytical reasoning and creative exploration,” the Microsoft-backed AI startup said in a press note.
This newly launched initiative comes just months after OpenAI introduced ChatGPT ‘Study Mode’ in India, which accounts for 13. 5 per cent of the global ChatGPT mobile app user base (the highest share among all nations), as per Mary Meeker’s internet trends report this year.
“ChatGPT now is one of the largest learning platforms on the planet. Over 50 per cent of our users in India are under age 24, so students are a major audience,” Leah Belsky, VP of Education, OpenAI, had said at the company’s launch of its India-first learning accelerator in August this year. However, the embrace of AI chatbots like ChatGPT for schoolwork has led to concerns among educators who are worried about the technology’s impact on student’s critical thinking skills.
AI chatbots could also fall short in answering complex questions related to math and science topics. Story continues below this ad Here a few ready-to-use prompts for college students that have been featured in OpenAI’s newly unveiled blog post: Prepare for an exam I have a [subject] exam and I want to score full marks. The exam format is: [format] Teach me everything you feel is important from the exam perspective.
You can use any interactive method you want which can make it easier to learn and understand. [Upload docs] Generate likely exam questions Based on these notes, predict what questions my professor is most likely to ask on the exam. Justify why you think they’d choose them.
[Upload docs] Research a possible career path Do deep research on [career path] and explain how to pursue it in [year]. Story continues below this ad Choose a club I’m stuck between choosing [option A] or [option B].
Ask me [number] clarifying questions first, then give me a short pros/cons/gut table to help me decide. Define a proof of concept You are the top 1% of project developers, known for turning ambitious ideas into reality.
Your mission: [goal]. Define a single, cohesive proof of concept that ties my ideas together.
[Add additional direction] [Upload docs] The list also includes prompts that have been drafted to help users draft a project roadmap, outline a presentation from your notes, get local food recommendations, find cheap commute options, etc. Clicking on any of the ready-to-use prompts on the webpage will automatically open a separate tab with the prompt in the chat bar. Users simply have to click enter to submit the prompt and receive an AI-generated response from ChatGPT.
The webpage is accessible to all ChatGPT users at no cost.