By Carrie Levinson, MSLIS
Every month, our AI blog will provide a selection of literature on artificial intelligence in teaching and learning. Here’s the roundup for late July/August 2023:
Modern Language Association of America and Conference on College Composition and Communication (MLA-CCCC). MLA-CCCC Joint Task Force on Writing and AI working paper. 2023. Available from: https://aiandwriting.hcommons.org/working-paper-1/
Excerpt: "This working paper discusses the risks and benefits of generative AI for teachers and students in writing, literature, and language programs and makes principle-driven recommendations for how educators, administrators, and policy makers can work together to develop ethical, mission-driven policies and support broad development of critical AI literacy."
Zhou H. The intelligence revolution: What’s happening and what’s to come in generative AI. 2023 Jul 20. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2023/07/20/the-intelligence-revolution-whats-happening-and-whats-to-come-in-generative-ai/
Excerpt: "As interest in generative AI and large language models (LLMs) continues to grow, I’d like to offer a brief update on how generative AI has progressed and how it has been applied to research publishing processes since ChatGPT was released. This update addresses business, application, technology, and ethical aspects of generative AI, as well as some personal observations I hope will foster discussion and stimulate further consideration of generative AI tools."
Trang B and Palmer K. Preparation over panic: How a Boston hospital is priming medical residents for an era of AI medicine. STAT + [Internet]. 2023 Jul 20. Available from: https://www.statnews.com/2023/07/20/chatgpt-gpt4-health-care-medical-education/
Excerpt: "At BIDMC [Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center], educators like Rodman and Kanjee are doing their best not to panic, but to prepare. At the health system’s workshops for medical residents, they have started to ask trainees to test the limits and potential of artificial intelligence in their work."
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Rais M. Guest post — Are HIT-backed AI research integrity solutions the need of the hour? 2023 Aug 3. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2023/08/03/guest-post-are-hit-backed-ai-research-integrity-solutions-the-need-of-the-hour/
Excerpt: "In this article, we explore how HITs [human intelligence tasks] and not simply more AI tools (to detect the use of generative AI tools) could be the way forward as a reliable and scalable solution for maintaining research integrity within the scholarly record."
Hicks M. Scared of AI? Don’t be, computer-science instructors say. The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2023 Aug 2. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.eresources.mssm.edu/article/scared-of-ai-dont-be-computer-science-instructors-say
Excerpt: "Since generative-AI models like ChatGPT surfaced last November, they’ve caused a frenzy in college classrooms...To computer scientists, however, the rise of artificial intelligence is no different than the advent of the pocket calculator or the Google search engine: It’s a tool that, if used correctly, can help people learn faster and think on a deeper level."
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Swaak T. First came ChatGPT. Then came the over-the-top sales pitches. The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2023 Aug 7. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.eresources.mssm.edu/article/first-came-chatgpt-then-came-the-over-the-top-sales-pitches
Excerpt: "Faculty members and administrators are reporting their latest obstacle to a clean inbox: Emails marketing new AI tools."
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Ludwig J. Guest post — Digital humanities, data literacy skills and AI: Understanding the way things work. 2023 Aug 10. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2023/08/10/guest-post-digital-humanities-data-literacy-skills-and-ai-understanding-the-way-things-work/
Excerpt: "Artificial intelligence, or machine learning, systems that are trained on data to describe, predict, prescribe, or create have arguably made an awareness of how digital tools, platforms, and services actually work even more essential. We must consider how these models and tools are built, including the data and data sources on which they’re trained, the limitations of those sources and data, the ethics involved in training models, and many more questions."
Gannon K. Should you add an AI policy to your syllabus? The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2023 Jul 31. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.eresources.mssm.edu/article/should-you-add-an-ai-policy-to-your-syllabus
Excerpt: "Chances are, faculty members on your campus have been collectively stressed out over the easy availability of AI tools and the implications of that for college teaching and learning. And it’s similarly probable that you’re worried about if, and how, you should deal with this on your fall syllabi."
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Coffey L. Zoom’s changing stances on AI and user data have faculty alarmed. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2023 Aug 11. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2023/08/11/faculty-concerned-over-zooms-shifting-terms
Excerpt: "Teleconference apps like Zoom have become synonymous with the modern classroom, with faculty relying on the services for everything from teaching and meetings to research projects. But recently updated terms and conditions from Zoom—and subsequent backtracking by the tech company after an outcry—has left higher education faculty and experts with questions and concerns."
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Zhou H. Generative AI, ChatGPT, and Google Bard: Evaluating the impact and opportunities for scholarly publishing. 2023 Aug 17. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2023/08/17/generative-ai-chatgpt-and-google-bard-evaluating-the-impact-and-opportunities-for-scholarly-publishing/
Excerpt: "To identify both benefits and risks of generative AI for our industry, we tested ChatGPT and Google Bard for authoring, for submission and reviews, for publishing, and for discovery and dissemination."
Note: Please see the citation directly below this one for a rebuttal to the methods used in this blog entry.
Smith D. Guest Post – Was ChatGPT set up to fail? Choosing the right tools and the right prompts is essential for LLM discovery. 2023 Aug 30. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2023/08/30/guest-post-was-chatgpt-set-up-to-fail-choosing-the-right-tools-and-the-right-prompts-is-essential-for-llm-discovery/
Excerpt: "Last week Hong Zhou from Wiley published a piece called “Generative AI, ChatGPT, and Google Bard: Evaluating the Impact and Opportunities for Scholarly Publishing”. The piece seemed a little unfair to the robots in question: Bard, ChatGPT, and Bing. It also risked leading readers to incorrect conclusions. This post will offer two upgrades."
Note: This is a rebuttal of the methodology used in the citation directly above this one.
Miller MD. You’ve checked out the new AI tools. Now what? The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2023 Aug 17. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.eresources.mssm.edu/article/youve-checked-out-the-new-ai-tools-now-what
Excerpt: "Three steps to help you envision the role of ChatGPT — first in your academic discipline and then in your classroom."
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Coffey L. Professors craft courses on ChatGPT with ChatGPT. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2023 Jul 31. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2023/07/31/professors-craft-courses-chatgpt-chatgpt
Excerpt: "While some institutions are banning the use of the new AI tool, others are leaning into its use and offering courses dedicated solely to navigating the new technology."
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Hadhazy A. ChatGPT out-scores medical students on complex clinical care exam questions. Stanford News [Internet]. 2023 Jul 17. Available from: https://hai.stanford.edu/news/chatgpt-out-scores-medical-students-complex-clinical-care-exam-questions
Excerpt: "ChatGPT can outperform first- and second-year medical students in answering challenging clinical care exam questions, a new study by Stanford researchers has revealed. The findings highlight the accelerating impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on medical education and clinical practice and suggest the need for a new approach to teaching tomorrow's doctors."
Schroeder R. Supporting the faculty member fearing generative AI. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2023 Aug 30. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/online-trending-now/2023/08/30/supporting-faculty-member-fearing-generative-ai
Excerpt: "The advent of generative AI has hit higher education with the force of an earthquake, deeply shaking many faculty members who have serious concerns for their careers."
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Heaven WD. Large language models aren’t people. Let’s stop testing them as if they were. MIT Technology Review [Internet]. 2023 Aug 30. Available from: https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/08/30/1078670/large-language-models-arent-people-lets-stop-testing-them-like-they-were/
Excerpt: "With hopes and fears about this technology running wild, it's time to agree on what it can and can't do."
By Carrie Levinson, MSLIS
Every month, our AI blog will provide a selection of literature on artificial intelligence in teaching and learning. Here’s the roundup for September 2023:
Coffey L. Risks and rewards as higher ed invests in an AI future. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2023 Sep 5. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2023/09/05/risks-and-rewards-higher-ed-should-know
Excerpt: "Higher ed funding—and a lot of it—is flowing into AI as institutions make big bets that artificial intelligence will be as universal and disruptive as the internet. Institutions across the country are spending vast sums, hiring dozens of faculty and erecting large-scale AI-focused centers. But even as colleges and universities boldly dive into the AI deep end, industry experts and analysts are urging caution and thoughtful approaches, both for institutions rushing ahead and those at risk of being left on the sidelines."
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Gutkin L. The Review: ChatGPT robs students of something essential. The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2023 Sep 5. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.eresources.mssm.edu/newsletter/the-review/2023-09-05
Excerpt: "What ChatGPT does to students is even worse than what it’s done to professors. It diminishes their access to the special kind of living with texts that only writing can make happen."
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Baron NS. 5 touch points students should consider about AI. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2023 Sep 6. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/career-advice/teaching/2023/09/06/key-questions-ask-students-about-using-ai-their-work
Excerpt: "We need guidelines to help students—and the rest of us—decide when programs like ChatGPT (or Grammarly or Sudowrite) deserve a place in written work that has a human’s name on it. And when those programs don’t."
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McMurtrie B. What Will Determine AI’s Impact on College Teaching? 5 Signs to Watch. The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2023 Sep 8. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.eresources.mssm.edu/article/what-will-determine-ais-impact-on-college-teaching-5-signs-to-watch
Excerpt: "Because the field is fast moving, the impact generative AI will have on teaching in the near term is uncertain. Here are a few key questions we will be asking this fall."
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Clune MW. AI means professors need to raise their grading standards. The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2023 Sep 12. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.eresources.mssm.edu/article/ai-means-professors-need-to-raise-their-grading-standards
Excerpt: "After giving the matter some thought, I believe that two related pre-existing problems in higher education have made a technology that ought to be a useful tool appear to many instructors as an existential threat. The first is the phenomenon of grade inflation. The second is a lack of clarity about what we want from student writing."
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D'Agostino S. Why professors are polarized on AI. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2023 Sep 13. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2023/09/13/why-faculty-members-are-polarized-ai
Excerpt: "Academics who perceive threats to education from AI band together as a survival mechanism. The resulting alliances echo divisions formed during online learning’s emergence."
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Staiman A. Publishers, don't use AI detection tools! 2023 Sep 14. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2023/09/14/publishers-dont-use-ai-detection-tools
Excerpt: "The fundamental assumption underlying the creation of AI detection tools seems to be that AI writing should be able to be detected the same way that plagiarism is detected. However, there is a critical distinction: plagiarism simply looks for exact matches with existing works, an objective criterion that can be identified, measured, and replicated. AI writing, on the other hand, is original in its own right (even if drawn from unoriginal sources), and can’t be easily traced to its source. My opposition to scholarly publishers relying on detection tools stems from both pragmatic and ideological reasons. Let’s start with some of the pragmatic issues."
Warner J. If ChatGPT can do it, it’s not worth doing. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2023 Sep 20. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/just-visiting/2023/09/20/chatgpt-shows-way-toward-our-own-humanity
Excerpt: "...if a large language model (like ChatGPT or its brethren) can generate a product similar to or better than humans on the same writing task, that writing task is not worth doing.
And to be clear, I’m not talking about the writing task not being worth doing by the humans and simply outsourcing it to the AI. I’m saying it isn’t worth doing at all."
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Schroeder J. Preparing students for the AI-enhanced workforce. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2023 Sep 15. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/online-trending-now/2023/09/15/preparing-students-ai-enhanced-workforce
Excerpt: "The common adage repeated again and again is that AI will not take your job; a person with AI skills will replace you. The learners we are teaching this fall who will be entering, re-entering or seeking advancement in the workforce at the end of the year or in the spring must become demonstrably skilled in using generative AI."
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Barron J. How A.I. increased the graduation rate at John Jay College by 32 points. New York Times: New York Today [Internet]. 2023 Sep 20. Available from: https://icahn-mssm.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/view/action/uresolver.do?operation=resolveService&package_service_id=2493922350006206&institutionId=6206&customerId=6205&VE=true
Excerpt: "Dara Byrne was so surprised by the numbers on graduation rates that she triple-checked them. In two years, the graduation rate at John Jay College had jumped 32 percentage points, to 86 percent...Byrne, then the associate provost, credits artificial intelligence — specifically, A.I.-powered software that analyzed things like whether students’ grades were slipping and whether they had signed up for courses that would give them enough credit hours to graduate."
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McMurtrie B. Want your students to be skeptical of ChatGPT? Try this. The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2023 Sep 21. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.eresources.mssm.edu/newsletter/teaching/2023-09-21
Excerpt: "This week I:
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Coffey L. AI meets med school. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2023 Sep 25. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2023/09/25/ai-meets-med-school-new-dual-degree-program
Excerpt: "Adding to academia’s AI embrace, two institutions in the University of Texas system are jointly offering a medical degree paired with a master’s in artificial intelligence."
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Coffey L. Advisory boards aid in alleviating AI anxiety. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2023 Sep 28. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2023/09/28/higher-ed-ai-anxiety-advisory-board-could
Excerpt: "When it comes to artificial intelligence and higher ed, the excitement and hype are matched by the uncertainties and need for guidance. One solution: creating an AI advisory board that brings together students, faculty and staff for open conversations about the new technology."
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MacArthur MJ. AI, expertise and the convergence of writing and coding. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2023 Sep 28. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2023/09/28/ai-and-convergence-writing-and-coding-opinion
Excerpt: "The common challenge in teaching writing and coding is helping students develop professional expertise when access to such expertise has been democratized via AI..."
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Franzen C. OpenAI gives ChatGPT access to the entire internet. VentureBeat [Internet]. 2023 Sep 27. Available from: https://venturebeat.com/ai/openai-gives-chatgpt-access-to-the-entire-internet/
Excerpt: "OpenAI just announced on X (formerly Twitter) that ChatGPT "can now browse the internet to provide you with current and authoritative information, complete with direct links to sources," thanks to an integration with Microsoft’s Bing search engine."