ChatGPT's Pros and Cons, STEM Education in Africa, and More

February 13, 2023

Participants and journalists take photos and videos at the U.N. climate summit (COP27).

People are paying more attention to climate change

Amid all the disappointment surrounding last fall’s U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt, it shouldn’t be overlooked that the public is paying much more attention to climate cooperation these days. David G. Victor and Parker Bolstad share data on the rising volume of media coverage on climate change and discuss the implications for COP28 later this year.

Students attend a computer class alongside other students in the area of Kuje, in Abuja, Nigeria.

STEM education in Africa: Risk and opportunity

Africa needs STEM skills to drive economic transformation and competitiveness. In a new Foresight Africa Viewpoint, Ruth Kagia presents a critical first step to improve STEM education and explains how women with strong STEM skills can help address the continent’s existential challenges.

Professor Ruth Stock-Homburg explains the error-proneness of ChatGPT with examples and data.

Building guardrails for ChatGPT

ChatGPT—a powerful chatbot that can perform a variety of language tasks—has the potential to revolutionize the way people interact with technology. But at the same time, ChatGPT could lead to job displacement, student plagiarism, and other problems. Michael J. Ahn and Yu-Che Chen provide a helpful overview of ChatGPT’s pros and cons.