INTELIGÊNCIA ARTIFICIAL E ENSINO DE QUÍMICA: UMA ANÁLISE PROPEDÊUTICA DO CHATGPT NA DEFINIÇÃO DE CONCEITOS QUÍMICOS

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND CHEMISTRY TEACHING: A PROPAEDEUTIC ANALYSIS OF CHATGPT IN CHEMICAL CONCEPTS DEFINING. The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in education is a current topic and in Chemistry teaching it has the potential to offer some benefits. This article is the first attempt to show that activities involving Chemistry can be accelerated with the help of AI. This is a propaedeutic study that aimed to analyze the contributions of the ChatGPT AI in defining chemical concepts. The research was conducted in the virtual environment of the chatbot and was carried out in four stages. The results show that ChatGPT can be used in Chemistry teaching as an aid to the teaching and learning process. Additionally, depending on the chemical concept, AI provided coherent answers but could lead students to difficulties in understanding. Finally, the use of ChatGPT in Chemistry teaching needs to be guided by a process of reflection, so that from the AI’s responses, students present critical thinking, the teacher considers it as just another resource in Chemistry teaching, besides other actions that can be developed in Chemistry teaching to ensure that the ChatGPT AI is used ethically and responsibly.