The rise in artificial intelligence is going to force professors to change their teaching and assignments – for the better, Hoyle said. When he asked a class of first-year students whether they had heard of ChatGPT, none had. Yet, Bell expected this to dramatically change in the next few weeks as the tool gains popularity, he said. Joe Essid, professor of English and director of the UR Writing Center, said that he allowed the use of ChatGPT for brainstorming in his classes