What happened was either the teacher is severely biased against ChatGPT and fabricated the fact to fit their narrative. Or ChatGPT gave the correct answer, but the student interpreted it wrong.
I do believe the students keep coming up with weird (correct) facts, and that this can be scary for a teacher who is stuck at a search bar.
I do believe the students keep coming up with weird (correct) facts, and that this can be scary for a teacher who is stuck at a search bar.