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. 2024 Jan 27;16(1):e53032. doi: 10.7759/cureus.53032

Table 3. Participants' attitudes toward using ChatGPT for academic purposes.

Question N (%)
Strongly agree Agree Not sure Disagree Strongly disagree
I believe that answers/responses from ChatGPT are reliable and accurate. 26 (5.9) 166 (37.5) 199 (44.9) 44 (9.9) 8 (1.8)
I believe that ChatGPT retrieves the most recent data for generating responses. 42 (9.5) 179 (40.4) 189 (42.7) 28 (6.3) 5 (1.1)
I feel ChatGPT can produce better results/responses than I can do in an examination/assignment. 60 (13.5) 158 (35.7) 168 (37.9) 46 (10.4) 11 (2.5)
I feel the use of ChatGPT by students for academic purpose defeats the purpose of education. 44 (9.9) 96 (21.7) 154 (34.8) 116 (26.2) 33 (7.4)
I believe teachers/subject experts cannot detect assignments written by ChatGPT. 14 (3.2) 61 (13.8) 204 (46.0) 119 (26.9) 45 (10.2)
I believe that using ChatGPT has increased the convenience of completing my academic tasks, it has had an adverse effect on my education/learning. 44 (9.9) 152 (24.3) 158 (35.7) 72 (16.3) 17 (3.8)
I feel using ChatGPT for completing written assignments/examinations is malpractice/cheating. 61 (13.9) 133 (30.2) 147 (33.4) 78 (17.7) 21 (47.7)
I feel it is possible to use ChatGPT to support academic activities without violating ethical concerns. 78 (17.6) 179 (40.4) 162 (36.6) 21 (4.7) 3 (0.7)
I feel the institution should prohibit the use of ChatGPT for academic purposes. 24 (5.4) 41 (9.3) 166 (37.5) 139 (31.4) 73 (16.5)
I believe AI tools like ChatGPT will become the new normal in future. 135 (30.5) 217 (49.0) 85 (19.2) 4 (0.9) 2 (0.5)
I will recommend ChatGPT to my friends for academic purposes. 80 (18.1) 178 (40.2) 145 (32.7) 33 (7.4) 7 (1.6)