The rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology and its impact on education has been a topic of growing concern in recent years. The new generation AI systems such as chatbots have become more accessible on the Internet and stronger in terms of capabilities. The use of chatbots, particularly ChatGPT, for generating academic essays at schools and colleges has sparked fears among scholars. This study aims to explore the originality of contents produced by one of the most popular AI chatbots, ChatGPT. To this end, two popular plagiarism detection tools were used to evaluate the originality of 50 essays generated by ChatGPT on various topics. Our results manifest that ChatGPT has a great potential to generate sophisticated text outputs without being well caught by the plagiarism check software. In other words, ChatGPT can create content on many topics with high originality as if they were written by someone. These findings align with the recent concerns about students using chatbots for an easy shortcut to success with minimal or no effort. Moreover, ChatGPT was asked to verify if the essays were generated by itself, as an additional measure of plagiarism check, and it showed superior performance compared to the traditional plagiarism-detection tools. The paper discusses the need for institutions to consider appropriate measures to mitigate potential plagiarism issues and advise on the ongoing debate surrounding the impact of AI technology on education. Further implications are discussed in the paper.

翻译：近年来，人工智能技术的兴起及其对教育领域的影响日益受到关注。新一代人工智能系统，如聊天机器人，在互联网上的可访问性不断提高，其能力也日益增强。在学校和大学里，使用聊天机器人（尤其是 ChatGPT）生成学术论文的现象引发了学者们的担忧。本研究旨在探索最流行的人工智能聊天机器人之一 ChatGPT 所生成内容的原创性。为此，我们使用了两款流行的抄袭检测工具，对 ChatGPT 针对不同主题生成的 50 篇论文进行了原创性评估。结果表明，ChatGPT 具备生成复杂文本输出的巨大潜力，而传统抄袭检测软件难以有效捕捉其抄袭行为。换言之，ChatGPT 能够在众多主题上生成具有高度原创性的内容，宛如人类手笔。这一发现与近期对学生利用聊天机器人以最低投入轻松获取成功的担忧相符。此外，我们要求 ChatGPT 自行验证这些论文是否由其生成，作为额外的抄袭检测手段，结果显示其表现优于传统的抄袭检测工具。本文探讨了教育机构需考虑采取适当措施以缓解潜在抄袭问题的必要性，并就当前围绕人工智能技术对教育影响的辩论提出了建议。本文还进一步讨论了其他相关影响。