Authority is Constructed and Contextual

The Authority is Constructed and Contextual frame states that learners who are growing their information literate abilities “develop awareness of the importance of assessing content with a skeptical stance and with a self-awareness of their own biases and worldview.”6 On the opening screen, ChatGPT provides a disclaimer to let users know that the information that it provides may contain biases and that it has a limited knowledge of current events. As the usage of ChatGPT increases it will become even more important that students know how to evaluate whether information that they come across is authoritative within the context of their research. Students need to recognize that bias is everywhere and ChatGPT is getting information that exists out on the open web. Much of the information that it produces derives from text from political organizations, nonprofits, companies, and individuals, and this context shapes the model’s output. ChatGPT is built on predictive

language modeling, which means it generates natural sounding language, not necessarily factual language. Students should always approach information, from ChatGPT or elsewhere, with skepticism.