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They performed a live demonstration of ChatGPT to pose as a patient for a medical student to interview and diagnose. Because it was a live demonstration, the presenters themselves did not know what ChatGPT would do: it delivered a brilliant performance of a cheeky and reluctant patient who resented the doctor\u2019s probing questions into her [the patient was supposed to be female] personal life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Talk of generative AI was everywhere, and we were rightly concerned about what it would do to language education and our job as language teachers. One presenter told me that he started the second class of the semester by casually telling his students to log on to their ChatGPT accounts. About 50% of the class was confused (\u201cWhat is he talking about?\u201d \u201cAre we supposed to have an account?\u201d); the other 50% logged in as a matter of fact. This was the status of ChatGPT proliferation among first-year college students as of April 2023. 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