Will ChatGPT take my job? It could, says UAE expert

Will ChatGPT take my job? It could, says UAE expert

Educators are using artificial intelligence (AI) in classrooms to improve learning process

Published: Fri 17 Mar 2023, 4:07 PM Last updated: Fri 17 Mar 2023, 4:26 PM

A Dubai professor shared an alarming experiment he conducted in his class for PhD students. “One of my students had a ChatGPT premium account and we decided to come up with a list of five topics for a PhD thesis that would be meaningful over the next five years,” said Dr. Khalid Al Murri from the British University in Dubai.

“And I have to admit I failed. ChatGPT came up with a list that was better than mine.”

Dr. Khalid was speaking at a panel discussion on the second day of the ‘Remote’ conference held in Dubai recently about why he thinks modern technology could be a threat to employment.

At an earlier session, Noura Al Kaabi, Minister of State and President of Zayed University (ZU) quoted an OECD report that said that 1.8 billions jobs will be made obsolete because of technology while talking about exploring the opportunities and challenges in remote higher education.

However, Zaki Anwar Nusseibah, Cultural Advisor to the President of the UAE and Chancellor of the UAE University, said that teachers could overcome this