Can ChatGPT Make Students Smarter?

About this episode

The episode explores Estonia's use of ChatGPT in schools and the testing of plug-in solar technology amid rising electricity prices.

Estonia has turned its school system into a testing ground for AI by giving tens of thousands of students their own ChatGPT accounts. WSJ reporter Sam Schechner went to see for himself how the experiment is working so far. Plus, as electricity prices rise, a growing number of states are clearing the way for plug-in solar. WSJ columnist Christopher Mims recently put the technology to the test. Imani Moise hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Imani Moise

Guest: Sam Schechner

Topics covered

• AI in education
• ChatGPT
• solar energy
• electricity prices
• technology testing

Keywords

• ChatGPT
• Estonia
• AI
• education
• solar energy
• electricity prices
• technology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Estonia, WSJ, The Wall Street Journal

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