The launch of ChatGPT in November 2022 precipitated a panic among some educators while prompting qualified enthusiasm from others. Under the umbrella term Generative AI, ChatGPT is an example of a range of technologies for the delivery of computer-generated text, image, and other digitized media. This paper examines the implications for education of one generative AI technology, chatbots responding from large language models, or C-LLM. It reports on an application of a C-LLM to AI review and assessment of complex student work. In a concluding discussion, the paper explores the intrinsic limits of generative AI, bound as it is to language corpora and their textual representation through binary notation. Within these limits, we suggest the range of emerging and potential applications of Generative AI in education.

翻译：2022年11月ChatGPT的发布引发部分教育工作者恐慌，同时也激起另一些人理性的热情。在生成式人工智能这一总称下，ChatGPT是计算机生成文本、图像及其他数字化媒体技术范围中的一例。本文探讨了一种生成式AI技术——基于大语言模型提供响应的聊天机器人（C-LLM）对教育的影响。文章报告了将C-LLM应用于复杂学生作业的AI评审与评估的实践。在结论性讨论中，本文探索了生成式AI的内在局限——其受限于语言语料库及其通过二进制符号进行的文本表征。在此框架内，我们提出了生成式AI在教育领域初现与潜在的应用范围。