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的发布引发了一些教育者的恐慌，同时也激起了另一些教育者适度的热情。在生成式人工智能这一总括性术语下，ChatGPT是用于生成计算机文本、图像及其他数字化媒体的一系列技术中的一个实例。本文探讨了一种生成式人工智能技术——基于大型语言模型的聊天机器人（C-LLM）——对教育的影响。文章报告了将C-LLM应用于学生复杂作业的人工智能评审与评估的实际案例。在结论讨论部分，本文探讨了生成式人工智能的内在局限，即其受限于语言语料库及其通过二进制符号进行的文本表达。在这些限制条件下，我们提出了生成式人工智能在教育领域的新兴及潜在应用范围。