Go to main contentsGo to search barGo to main menu
Wednesday, July 9, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Ad

The Ethical Use of ChatGPT

The Ethical Use of ChatGPT
Jonathan Oranebo, pictured with Faith Oranebo, and Sonora McInturff, 7th – 8th grade Night
Under the Stars talent show winners. Photo courtesy of Veritas.

Speech written and delivered by 14 -year-old Johnathon Oranebo during Veritas Night Under the Stars fundraiser and talent show on March 7. Johnathon is in the 8th grade.

As a society, we are making huge advances in technology. Technology is the practical application of knowledge in a specific area. Technology means advances in fields like education. However, is technology, especially in Artificial intelligence (AI), an opportunity to improve or an opportunity to be lazy? According to Dan Schwartz, the dean of the Stanford Graduate School of Education, "Technology is a game-changer for education – it offers the prospect of universal access to high-quality learning experiences, and it creates fundamentally new ways of teaching." One piece of technology that is helping older students, specifically, is ChatGPT. In brief, ChatGPT is an AI chatbot. ChatGPT is AI that has changed the way we do things in just a few years. In education, it's obviously wrong to use technology to write your college essay, and there are security risks involved, but there are still other ethical ways to use it. Using ChatGPT may have security and ethical risks, but it could still be helpful in giving ideas and editing essays for college applications.

Even though ChatGPT could be beneficial, people either ignore it completely or use it to write their essays from start to finish, which is obviously wrong. There is a balance, but people often go to extremes. And there are some security flaws in ChatGPT. One possible flaw is security breaches of vital information. According to Washington State University, "Breaches can result in unauthorized access to sensitive information, including personal data, financial records, or research data." However, if you are careful about the information you put there, then there won't be a problem. According to the Government of Canada, it's common for chatbots to ask for details like your account or order number. However, you should not share sensitive details. So, if you are cautious, ChatGPT can still be of assistance when writing your college application essay.

ChatGPT can certainly assist when writing your essay. One way it could aid your writing is by giving ideas. According to open.edu, "The benefit to this approach is that you get a jumping off point, but you still need to build your own argument and do the critical thinking". The article also went on to say that ChatGPT can be helpful in explaining things that are difficult to understand. Even a teacher wrote about using it on Eschool News by saying, "It can generate references within seconds. Users will have facts, quotes, statistics, and other data to mention in their papers". Even though ChatGPT is good at giving ideas, you still need to make sure what it's saying is true and make sure to cite your sources. 

Giving ideas is not ChatGPT's only skill, though; it can also edit essays. When it comes to editing essays, ChatGPT tends to write in its own voice, which Harvard describes as a "generic voice." However, once you have the idea, you can edit it to your voice to make it more unique and more like you. ChatGPT is also an extra set of eyes on your paper. ChatGPT has a skill of saying more with less. According to Brad Schiller, an MIT graduate, "We've found using the language "minimally edit" in your prompt does a decent job of identifying words and phrases you could cut without doing much rewriting. This is especially powerful when you indicate specific things you want ChatGPT to look for as it edits, such as removing unnecessary details or prepositional phrases.” ChatGpt is a very vital and universal editing tool that should be used wisely.

One important reason we should use our tools right is because God told us too in 2 Timothy 2:15 - "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth." ChatGPT may have some security risks, but it can still help in writing college application essays. Chat GPT can help in other ways, too, but you should use it cautiously. We have been given a gift of technology, not only AI but technology in general. We should use it ethically and with honesty.

 


Share
Rate

Comment

Comments

July 4, 2025 -Fallon Gears Up for a “Bee-autiful”  - page 1
July 4, 2025 -Fallon Gears Up for a “Bee-autiful”  - page 2
July 4, 2025 -Fallon Gears Up for a “Bee-autiful”  - page 3
July 4, 2025 -Fallon Gears Up for a “Bee-autiful”  - page 4
July 4, 2025 -Fallon Gears Up for a “Bee-autiful”  - page 5
July 4, 2025 -Fallon Gears Up for a “Bee-autiful”  - page 6
July 4, 2025 -Fallon Gears Up for a “Bee-autiful”  - page 7
July 4, 2025 -Fallon Gears Up for a “Bee-autiful”  - page 8
July 4, 2025 -Fallon Gears Up for a “Bee-autiful”  - page 9
July 4, 2025 -Fallon Gears Up for a “Bee-autiful”  - page 10
July 4, 2025 -Fallon Gears Up for a “Bee-autiful”  - page 11
July 4, 2025 -Fallon Gears Up for a “Bee-autiful”  - page 12
July 4, 2025 -Fallon Gears Up for a “Bee-autiful”  - page 13
July 4, 2025 -Fallon Gears Up for a “Bee-autiful”  - page 14
July 4, 2025 -Fallon Gears Up for a “Bee-autiful”  - page 15
July 4, 2025 -Fallon Gears Up for a “Bee-autiful”  - page 16
July 4, 2025 -Fallon Gears Up for a “Bee-autiful”  - page 1Page no. 1
July 4, 2025 -Fallon Gears Up for a “Bee-autiful”  - page 2Page no. 2
July 4, 2025 -Fallon Gears Up for a “Bee-autiful”  - page 3Page no. 3
July 4, 2025 -Fallon Gears Up for a “Bee-autiful”  - page 4Page no. 4
July 4, 2025 -Fallon Gears Up for a “Bee-autiful”  - page 5Page no. 5
July 4, 2025 -Fallon Gears Up for a “Bee-autiful”  - page 6Page no. 6
July 4, 2025 -Fallon Gears Up for a “Bee-autiful”  - page 7Page no. 7
July 4, 2025 -Fallon Gears Up for a “Bee-autiful”  - page 8Page no. 8
July 4, 2025 -Fallon Gears Up for a “Bee-autiful”  - page 9Page no. 9
July 4, 2025 -Fallon Gears Up for a “Bee-autiful”  - page 10Page no. 10
July 4, 2025 -Fallon Gears Up for a “Bee-autiful”  - page 11Page no. 11
July 4, 2025 -Fallon Gears Up for a “Bee-autiful”  - page 12Page no. 12
July 4, 2025 -Fallon Gears Up for a “Bee-autiful”  - page 13Page no. 13
July 4, 2025 -Fallon Gears Up for a “Bee-autiful”  - page 14Page no. 14
July 4, 2025 -Fallon Gears Up for a “Bee-autiful”  - page 15Page no. 15
July 4, 2025 -Fallon Gears Up for a “Bee-autiful”  - page 16Page no. 16
COMMENTS
Comment author: Mike HinzComment text: I knew Sam as a member of our church growing up. He always had a warm smile, a kind word, and a great sense of humor! He will be great missed!Comment publication date: 7/2/25, 11:57 AMComment source: Obituary -- Samuel Bruce WickizerComment author: Mike HinzComment text: Great teacher, great coach, but even a better person!!! Rest in peace Mr. BeachComment publication date: 7/2/25, 11:53 AMComment source: Obituary -- Jack Victor Beach, Jr.Comment author: Mike HinzComment text: I had Mrs Hedges for First Grade at Northside Elementary in 1969. I still, to this day, remember her as a wonderful teacher…one of my favorites!!Comment publication date: 7/2/25, 11:29 AMComment source: Obituary - Nancy Marie Hedges C Comment author: Carl C. HagenComment text: What are MFNs and PBMs ?? ............................ From the editor: This is a very good question and we apologize for not catching that wasn't in there. We reached out to the writer/submitter and got this info back...hope it's helpful. PBM: Pharmacy Benefit Managers are pharmacies that are owned by insurance companies. (CVS is one.) They negotiate with drug makers to get reduced pricing for medications, but they historically have not passed along those savings to patients. https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/pharmacy-benefit-managers-staff-report.pdf MFN: Most Favored Nation pricing is a policy that means a country agrees to offer the same trade concessions (like tariffs or price reductions) to all member nations of the World Trade Organization (WTO). When applied to pharmaceuticals, it could disrupt global access, deter innovation, and obscure the deeper systemic issues in American health care. https://petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2025/05/22/the-global-risks-of-americas-most-favored-nation-drug-pricing-policy/Comment publication date: 6/23/25, 7:47 AMComment source: L E T T E R TO THE EDITOR
SUPPORT OUR WORK