Every month, our AI blog will provide a selection of literature on artificial intelligence in teaching and learning. Here’s the roundup for October 2023:
Yee K, Whittington K, Doggette E, Uttich, L. ChatGPT assignments to use in your classroom today. Orlando (FL): FCTL Press; 2023. Available from: https://stars.library.ucf.edu/oer/8
Excerpt: "It may sound great in theory to embrace the new world of AI in our classrooms, but what exactly does that look like? What kinds of assignments can we design that meet our intended learning goals yet aren’t prone to students cheating using AI tools?...This volume aims to bridge that gap by suggesting practical assignments and in-class activities that create AI fluency in students."
Excerpt: “Recently I raised the subject of ChatGPT with a group of Ph.D. students, on the cusp of faculty careers. Which writing task would they like to hand over to a bot? And which one would they rather not farm out to AI? Their general rule: Use ChatGPT for routine tasks, and save personal writing for yourself. Yet their views began to diverge as soon as we started talking specifics.”
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Excerpt: “It seems clear that GPT and LLMs in general are at or near the peak of the hype cycle. Fears that ChatGPT is intelligent and may plot against humankind are premature; hopes that LLMs alone could radically change how our and other industries work are similarly overblown.”
Excerpt: "The Heidelberg laureates are rightfully proud that their accomplishments have benefited humans in countless ways. They also acknowledge that their inventions, including AI systems that have dominated world headlines this year, are sometimes abused in ways that harm humans. Yet as conversations at their forum unfolded, the computing pioneers respectfully disagreed with each other on just how much AI threatens people."
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Excerpt: "This week I: Describe ways professors have used ChatGPT to bolster critical thinking in writing-intensive courses; point you to a strategy one college is using to support faculty in helping international students..."
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Excerpt: "Elizabeth Steere [the author] recommends instructors be aware of the messages students are receiving and the types of tools they are using to rephrase AI-generated text."
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Excerpt: "Even as fears of robot-generated admissions essays abound, colleges are increasingly using AI in application reviews, raising new possibilities and ethical concerns."
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Excerpt: "In today’s post I hope to provide a template for scholarly societies wondering how to grapple with the overwhelming and omnipresent prospect of an AI future."
Excerpt: "I must admit that I have been closely following the developments in generative artificial intelligence. So much has developed on a daily basis that is changing the way in which we teach, research, study and work that I think many of us find it hard to keep fully up to date. While watching and considering the implications of generative AI, other technologies have progressed."
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Excerpt: "Currently, a lot of work is taking place to define the values and ideas that should guide AI advances. A key challenge, however, lies in establishing a consensus on these values, given the diverse perspectives of various stakeholders worldwide and the abstraction of normative discourse. Researchers and policy makers need better tools to catalog and compare AI governance documents from around the world and to identify points of divergence and commonality."
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Simon FM, Altay S, Mercier H. Misinformation reloaded? Fears about the impact of generative AI on misinformation are overblown. Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review. 2023. https://doi.org/10.37016/mr-2020-127
Excerpt: "Many observers of the current explosion of generative AI worry about its impact on our information environment, with concerns being raised about the increased quantity, quality, and personalization of misinformation. We assess these arguments with evidence from communication studies, cognitive science, and political science. We argue that current concerns about the effects of generative AI on the misinformation landscape are overblown."
Excerpt: "[Alex "Sandy"] Pentland recently delivered the Special Lecture at the National Academy of Engineering’s annual meeting — in which he discussed how tools like artificial intelligence and large language models could help integrate human behavior into predictive models to improve our responses to vexing societal challenges such as climate change, pandemics, and income inequality."
Center for Research on Foundation Models. The Foundation Model Transparency Index. Available from: https://crfm.stanford.edu/fmti/
Excerpt: "Foundation models like GPT-4 and Llama 2 are used by millions of people. While the societal impact of these models is rising, transparency is on the decline. If this trend continues, foundation models could become just as opaque as social media platforms and other previous technologies, replicating their failure modes.We introduce the Foundation Model Transparency Index to assess the transparency of foundation model developers."
Note: This site includes a link to the paper discussing the development of the Index, as well as a blog, interview, and data.
Excerpt: "Latimer, named after African-American inventor Lewis Latimer, is a new platform trying to make generative AI more inclusive. Nicknamed the Black GPT, Latimer is a new large language model (LLM) built to reflect the experience, culture, and history of Black and brown people more accurately. The platform recently announced new partnerships with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to help bring the inclusive tool to students, agencies, brands, and the general public."
Excerpt: "In the short time we had, we covered a lot of conceptual ground, extending from copyright implications around open content to how generative-AI models affect concerns around authorship, and how models consume open science content to how AI is challenging our notions of accountability."
Excerpt: "Amid bans and restrictions on their use, artificial intelligence tools are creating interest among those who see a solution to systemic peer-review woes."
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Excerpt: “Educators have a responsibility to think beyond cheat-proof assignments, teaching students to use AI proficiently and creatively in the classroom...”
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Excerpt: "A new study finds over half of students use generative AI, while more than 75 percent of faculty members do not regularly use the technology."
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Every month, our AI blog will provide a selection of literature on artificial intelligence in teaching and learning. Here’s the roundup for October 2023:
Yee K, Whittington K, Doggette E, Uttich, L. ChatGPT assignments to use in your classroom today. Orlando (FL): FCTL Press; 2023. Available from: https://stars.library.ucf.edu/oer/8
Excerpt: "It may sound great in theory to embrace the new world of AI in our classrooms, but what exactly does that look like? What kinds of assignments can we design that meet our intended learning goals yet aren’t prone to students cheating using AI tools?...This volume aims to bridge that gap by suggesting practical assignments and in-class activities that create AI fluency in students."
Note: This open educational resource (OER) is licensed under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Baron NS. AI in the classroom Is a problem. Professors are the solution. The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2023 Oct 3. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.eresources.mssm.edu/article/ai-in-the-classroom-is-a-problem-professors-are-the-solution
Excerpt: “Recently I raised the subject of ChatGPT with a group of Ph.D. students, on the cusp of faculty careers. Which writing task would they like to hand over to a bot? And which one would they rather not farm out to AI? Their general rule: Use ChatGPT for routine tasks, and save personal writing for yourself. Yet their views began to diverge as soon as we started talking specifics.”
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Jones P. GPT, Large Language Models, and the Trough of Disillusionment. 2023 Oct 4. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2023/10/04/gpt-large-language-models-and-rough-of-disillusionment/
Excerpt: “It seems clear that GPT and LLMs in general are at or near the peak of the hype cycle. Fears that ChatGPT is intelligent and may plot against humankind are premature; hopes that LLMs alone could radically change how our and other industries work are similarly overblown.”
D’Agostino S. Computing pioneers profoundly disagree on AI risk. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2023 Oct 5. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2023/10/05/computing-pioneers-profoundly-disagree-ai
Excerpt: "The Heidelberg laureates are rightfully proud that their accomplishments have benefited humans in countless ways. They also acknowledge that their inventions, including AI systems that have dominated world headlines this year, are sometimes abused in ways that harm humans. Yet as conversations at their forum unfolded, the computing pioneers respectfully disagreed with each other on just how much AI threatens people."
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McMurtie B. Teaching: How to help students better understand generative AI. The Chronicle of Higher Education [Internet]. 2023 Oct 5. Available from: https://www-chronicle-com.eresources.mssm.edu/newsletter/teaching/2023-10-05
Excerpt: "This week I: Describe ways professors have used ChatGPT to bolster critical thinking in writing-intensive courses; point you to a strategy one college is using to support faculty in helping international students..."
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Steere E. The trouble with AI writing detection. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2023 Oct 5. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/career-advice/teaching/2023/10/18/faculty-should-know-tools-students-use-beat-ai-detection
Excerpt: "Elizabeth Steere [the author] recommends instructors be aware of the messages students are receiving and the types of tools they are using to rephrase AI-generated text."
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Knox L. Admissions offices deploy AI. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2023 Oct 9. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/admissions/traditional-age/2023/10/09/admissions-offices-turn-ai-application-reviews
Excerpt: "Even as fears of robot-generated admissions essays abound, colleges are increasingly using AI in application reviews, raising new possibilities and ethical concerns."
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Harington R. AI and scholarly societies. 2023 Oct 11. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2023/10/11/ai-and-scholarly-societies/
Excerpt: "In today’s post I hope to provide a template for scholarly societies wondering how to grapple with the overwhelming and omnipresent prospect of an AI future."
Coffey L. AI buzz dominates annual ed-tech conference. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2023 Oct 12. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2023/10/12/ai-buzz-dominates-annual-ed-tech-conference
Excerpt: "Speakers and attendees at Educause expressed cautious optimism about the early days of artificial intelligence in higher ed."
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Schroeder R. While We Were Watching ChatGPT, Something Else Astounding Emerged. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2023 Oct 12. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/online-trending-now/2023/10/12/metaverse-next-invention-after-chatgpt
Excerpt: "I must admit that I have been closely following the developments in generative artificial intelligence. So much has developed on a daily basis that is changing the way in which we teach, research, study and work that I think many of us find it hard to keep fully up to date. While watching and considering the implications of generative AI, other technologies have progressed."
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Corrêa NK, Galvão C, Santos JW, Del Pino C, Pinto EP, Barbosa C, Massmann D, Mambrini R, Galvão L, Terem E, de Oliveira N. Worldwide AI ethics: A review of 200 guidelines and recommendations for AI governance. Patterns. 2023 Oct 13;4(10). https://icahn-mssm.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01MSSM_INST/e5165e/cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_10591196
Excerpt: "Currently, a lot of work is taking place to define the values and ideas that should guide AI advances. A key challenge, however, lies in establishing a consensus on these values, given the diverse perspectives of various stakeholders worldwide and the abstraction of normative discourse. Researchers and policy makers need better tools to catalog and compare AI governance documents from around the world and to identify points of divergence and commonality."
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Simon FM, Altay S, Mercier H. Misinformation reloaded? Fears about the impact of generative AI on misinformation are overblown. Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review. 2023. https://doi.org/10.37016/mr-2020-127
Excerpt: "Many observers of the current explosion of generative AI worry about its impact on our information environment, with concerns being raised about the increased quantity, quality, and personalization of misinformation. We assess these arguments with evidence from communication studies, cognitive science, and political science. We argue that current concerns about the effects of generative AI on the misinformation landscape are overblown."
National Academies. How AI can help predict human behavior and accelerate solutions to societal challenges. National Academies [Internet]. 2023 Oct 17. Available from: https://www.nationalacademies.org/news/2023/10/how-ai-can-help-predict-human-behavior-and-accelerate-solutions-to-societal-challenges
Excerpt: "[Alex "Sandy"] Pentland recently delivered the Special Lecture at the National Academy of Engineering’s annual meeting — in which he discussed how tools like artificial intelligence and large language models could help integrate human behavior into predictive models to improve our responses to vexing societal challenges such as climate change, pandemics, and income inequality."
Center for Research on Foundation Models. The Foundation Model Transparency Index. Available from: https://crfm.stanford.edu/fmti/
Excerpt: "Foundation models like GPT-4 and Llama 2 are used by millions of people. While the societal impact of these models is rising, transparency is on the decline. If this trend continues, foundation models could become just as opaque as social media platforms and other previous technologies, replicating their failure modes. We introduce the Foundation Model Transparency Index to assess the transparency of foundation model developers."
Note: This site includes a link to the paper discussing the development of the Index, as well as a blog, interview, and data.
Coffey L. Q&A: Being a university’s first chief AI officer. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2023 Oct 19. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2023/10/19/qa-tackling-role-universitys-first-ai
Excerpt: "Mark Daley, CAIO of Western University in Canada, answers questions about his groundbreaking new role."
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Lem P. AI Pioneer: ChatGPT will soon become scholars’ ‘debate partner’. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2023 Oct 19. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2023/10/20/ai-pioneer-chatgpt-will-become-scholars
Excerpt: "A leading Hong Kong university scientist says the days are gone when AI was seen as the villain in education."
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Keenan S. The Black GPT: Introducing the AI model trained with diversity and inclusivity in mind. People of Color in Tech [Internet]. 2023 Oct 20. Available from: https://peopleofcolorintech.com/articles/the-black-gpt-introducing-the-ai-model-trained-with-diversity-and-inclusivity-in-mind/
Excerpt: "Latimer, named after African-American inventor Lewis Latimer, is a new platform trying to make generative AI more inclusive. Nicknamed the Black GPT, Latimer is a new large language model (LLM) built to reflect the experience, culture, and history of Black and brown people more accurately. The platform recently announced new partnerships with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to help bring the inclusive tool to students, agencies, brands, and the general public."
Carpenter TA. Chefs panel discusses AI, integrity and open content in Frankfurt. 2023 Oct 24. In: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Scholarly Kitchen [Internet]. Mount Laurel, NJ: Society for Scholarly Publishing. Available from: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2023/10/24/chefs-panel-on-ai-in-frankfurt/
Excerpt: "In the short time we had, we covered a lot of conceptual ground, extending from copyright implications around open content to how generative-AI models affect concerns around authorship, and how models consume open science content to how AI is challenging our notions of accountability."
Coffey L. AI and peer review: enemies or allies? Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2023 Oct 24. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2023/10/24/ai-can-lessen-peer-review-woes-researchers
Excerpt: "Amid bans and restrictions on their use, artificial intelligence tools are creating interest among those who see a solution to systemic peer-review woes."
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Schroeder R. Aligning the curriculum to reality in AI-accelerated times. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2023 Oct 26. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/online-trending-now/2023/10/26/aligning-curriculum-reality-ai-accelerated-times
Excerpt: “Curricula are reassessed as rarely as every five years. AI demands we do a deep review right now and repeat it often.”
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Brown AK. Prioritize ChatGPT proficiency to enhance teaching and learning. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2023 Oct 27. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2023/10/27/teach-college-students-use-ai-proficiently-opinion
Excerpt: “Educators have a responsibility to think beyond cheat-proof assignments, teaching students to use AI proficiently and creatively in the classroom...”
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Coffey L. Students Outrunning Faculty in AI Use. Inside Higher Ed [Internet]. 2023 31 Oct. Available from: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2023/10/31/most-students-outrunning-faculty-ai-use
Excerpt: "A new study finds over half of students use generative AI, while more than 75 percent of faculty members do not regularly use the technology."
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