ChatGPT has piqued the interest of many fields, particularly in the academic community. GPT-4, the latest version, starts supporting multimodal input and output. This study examines social media posts to analyze how the Chinese public perceives the potential of ChatGPT for educational and general purposes. The study also serves as the first effort to investigate the changes in public opinion since the release of GPT-4. According to the analysis results, prior to GPT-4, although some social media users believed that AI advancements would benefit education and society, some believed that advanced AI, such as ChatGPT, would make humans feel inferior and lead to problems such as cheating and a decline in moral principles, while the majority remain neutral. Interestingly, public attitudes have tended to shift in a positive direction since the release of GPT-4. We present a thorough analysis of the trending shift and a roadmap to ensure the ethical application of ChatGPT-like models in education and beyond.

翻译：ChatGPT已引起众多领域的兴趣，尤其学术界尤为关注。其最新版本GPT-4开始支持多模态输入与输出。本研究通过分析社交媒体帖子，探讨中国公众如何看待ChatGPT在教育与通用场景中的潜力。本研究也是首次尝试调查自GPT-4发布以来公众舆论的变化。根据分析结果，在GPT-4发布前，部分社交媒体用户认为人工智能进步将惠及教育与社会，另一部分则认为像ChatGPT这样的高级人工智能会使人产生自卑感，并引发作弊、道德原则下降等问题，而多数用户持中立态度。有趣的是，自GPT-4发布以来，公众态度呈现积极转向。我们对此趋势变化进行了深入分析，并规划了确保ChatGPT类模型在教育及更广泛领域伦理应用的路线图。