Abstract: Generative artificial intelligence, represented by ChatGPT, is rapidly rising, providing new opportunities for creating a new form of education with “precision teaching” and “personalized learning”, and promoting the high-quality development of ideological and political education. However, the effective empowerment of ideological and political education by generative artificial intelligence cannot be achieved overnight, as it involves multiple constraints such as technological duality, human-computer interaction, and intelligent virtuality. It is difficult to truly demonstrate the guiding function, demonstration effect, and practical value of ideological and political education in a short period of time. Actively embracing technological changes, dialectically viewing the historical practice of empowering and empowering generative artificial intelligence, critically using generative artificial intelligence technology, and adhering to the equal emphasis on “technology as a tool” and “education as the way” are effective paths to promote the sustainable development of intelligent ideological and political education.