Teacher’s Response As a teacher, I was somewhat amused and concerned about the above. Amused as to the inflated self-importance of chat GPT itself (“Go figure,” as my American cousins would say). And concerned that learners of a foreign language might believe what it says and search for good grammar on it. As chat GPT says, it is perfectly helpful with the same kinds of things you can already find on Google. That is, translation, synonyms, better vocabulary, definitions, and the like. It may also correct grammar, but it’s not always correct. What’s more, it can’t give reasons for that grammar correction. It doesn’t explain well, or at all. The translations, as you are aware, are sometimes also limited in accuracy and precision, and can be quite incorrect on occasion. Furthermore, the fact that chat CPT claims that traditional language learning is ‘tedious, costly and time-consuming’ is not accurate. Classes at italki can be fun, interactive and interesting, as well as not as costly as you would think. In addition, I have often taught shy language-learners, and have often been able to help them gain confidence. So, chatting to a bot might not be quite as advantageous as it claims, especially if it speaks in the dry monotones of an AI robot. The rhythms and cadences of normal speech are lost to the learner when learning with a bot. You need the ‘music’ of language in order to speak it well. What’s more, while AI can help you with how a word is pronounced, it can’t give you feedback on how to pronounce better. It can’t tell you what you are doing wrong. Chat GPT also wrote in an academic manner—perhaps because it was an essay. It didn’t write in a manner that would have been accessible to foreign language learners. The bot is certainly correct about the rest of the limitations—you quite simply cannot substitute language learning with a teacher. The nuances, context, subtleties and cultural understand are far too complex for any machine at this stage.