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引发了多个领域的广泛关注，尤其是学术界。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，探究中国公众对ChatGPT在教育及通用领域潜力的认知。作为首次尝试，本研究还调查了GPT-4发布以来公众舆论的变化。分析结果显示，在GPT-4发布前，尽管部分社交媒体用户认为AI进步将使教育和社会受益，但也有用户认为ChatGPT这类先进AI会让人类产生自卑感，并引发作弊、道德滑坡等问题，而大多数用户保持中立态度。有趣的是，自GPT-4发布以来，公众态度整体趋于积极。我们深入分析了舆论转向趋势，并提出了确保ChatGPT类模型在教育及其他领域伦理应用的路线图。