The future is here: you can now use artificial intelligence in your studies! AI chatbots like ChatGPT are already helping students write essays, generate snippets of code, and prepare for tests. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg!
If you’re still cautious about using AI chatbots, no need to be: few universities around the world even explicitly prohibit AI-generated essays and other texts. However, your instructor may be less benevolent and return your assignment if they confirm you weren’t the one writing it. (There are special tools for checking whether the text was written by a human or not.)
That said, essay writing isn’t the only way you can speed up your homework with AI-powered tools. And anyway, turning to a professional essay service is still a better option as AI-generated essays remain subpar compared to human-written ones. There are eight more ways AI can help you ace your classes!
1. Get Comprehensive Summaries
Need to read The Catcher in the Rye for a test tomorrow? You can hole up and spend the whole day and night consuming the novel. Or, you can ask ChatGPT to summarize the plot for you! Keep in mind, though: it can be limited in its summarizing capabilities, especially if the source was published after 2021.
But that’s not all. If you struggle with wrapping your head around a certain concept, like actor concurrency in programming, AI tools can help you out, too! Just ask them to explain the term to you in simple terms – and you’ll understand it faster than if you read all those textbook pages.
2. Test Your Knowledge
Let’s imagine you have an exam coming up and you’ve run out of questions to test your grasp of the material. Instead of trying to come up with your own practice questions or just reciting the material, why not turn to AI for help?
All you have to do is ask a chatbot like ChatGPT to generate some questions on your topic. In return, you can get as many open-ended or multiple-choice questions as you want! You can also type in your answers right in the prompt field, send them, and ask your AI helper to give you feedback on them.
3. Generate Code Snippets
Yes, chatbots are now capable of writing code – so much so that some coders start worrying about getting replaced on their jobs, in large part, by AI. So, if your homework involves programming of any kind, go ahead and see if you can outsource some of it to AI tools.
For example, ChatGPT gained some of its fame thanks to developers posting the code snippets it generated on Twitter. In some cases, it even helped developers solve problems they’ve struggled with for some time!
4. Brainstorm Ideas
Have an essay to write but can’t come up with a compelling topic? AI chatbots can help you out! They’re great for generating dozens of topic ideas for essays, art projects, academic papers, and more. Just make sure you narrow down the tool’s focus according to your assignment’s constraints!
In practice, though, you may need to be patient with the AI chatbots if you want to get a truly original idea. The first suggestions you’ll see will probably be somewhat banal or expectable. That’s because they’re based on the most popular suggestions created by humans. Still, persist: let the chatbot get those out of its system, and you’ll get fresher prompts!
5. Solve Assignments
Struggling with a math problem? Can’t make sense out of a physics assignment? Don’t have the motivation to tackle an economics or business administration task? AI chatbots can help you crunch those numbers – and deliver the solution in a matter of seconds!
What kind of assignments can AI solve for you? Any homework that requires calculations or using formulas is eligible for AI-powered help. This includes assignments for these eight classes:
- Chemistry
- Physics
- Mathematics
- Statistics
- Economics
- Business administration
- Accounting
- Finance
6. Create Flashcards
Are you a flashcard-learning kind of person? If so, you know first-hand how time-consuming it can be to create them from scratch. Luckily for you, AI can streamline this task, too!
You can go about it in two different ways. You can either ask the chatbot to generate flashcards on a general topic (e.g., monetary policies) or provide it with the specific material you want the flashcards to include.
7. Generate Mnemonic Devices
If you’re studying something that requires committing a lot of theory to your memory, mnemonic devices can help you do so more easily. This is especially relevant for law and medicine students. But any learner may find themselves in need of a mnemonic device at one point or another.
So, ready to get a custom mnemonic device? Head to the chatbot of your choice and ask it to generate one. You can include the specific terms and concepts you need to memorize in the prompt. Limiting the chatbot in the output length can also be a good idea. Otherwise, you may get a two-page-long mnemonic device.
8. Improve Your Writing
Chatbots are no rivals to tools like Grammarly in terms of proofreading yet, but they don’t need to be. They have something else to offer: giving feedback on your essays and papers and suggesting edits to improve them.
For example, ChatGPT can provide you with actionable tips on improving your essay’s clarity and consistency. It can also recommend how to make it easier to read. All you have to do is send ChatGPT your text and describe the scope of the feedback you want in the prompt.
In Conclusion
AI chatbots like ChatGPT can be a great (and free!) helping hand in doing assignments of all kinds. Keep in mind, though: the technology is still in development, and these tools are notoriously prone to hallucinating facts. In other words, you can’t always be sure you get factually correct responses from AI chatbots.
So, always double-check what you get from your AI helper. Verify if the math is correct, for example, or use your textbooks to make sure the AI tool hasn’t made up any facts. You can also turn to Google Scholar for this end.
The bottom line is, AI can’t replace your participation in doing your homework completely. It can speed up the process, though – so, don’t overlook this opportunity!
