Who's Afraid of Generative AI

Artificial intelligence, particularly generative AI like ChatGPT, is on everyone’s mind right now. There is a robust and ongoing discussion of its risks and benefits, its potential impacts on higher education, the philosophical and ethical questions it engenders, and the ways in which faculty and students might use it effectively. This workshop will support participants as they dive into these conversations as informed contributors. After a brief but informative exploration of the mathematics that makes these new technologies work, we will engage with the pedagogical challenges and promises they bring to the foreground. Participants will have the opportunity to work hands-on with a selection of AI platforms, with particular emphasis on the most widely used large language model, ChatGPT. They will develop assignments or lessons that encourage students to make use of these technologies in a competent and yet critical manner.

Kira Hamman

is an assistant teaching professor in mathematics and director of the Honors Program at Pennsylvania State University, Mont Alto. Within the MAA, she is currently the editor of Math Values and chair of the Council on Communities. Her recent interests include the intersections between quantitative literacy and healthy democracy, and building the capacity for public-facing scholarship in the mathematics community.

Gizem Karaali

is a professor of mathematics at Pomona College. She is a founding editor of Journal of Humanistic Mathematics and a senior editor of Numeracy. Karaali has organized or facilitated several paper sessions and professional development workshops for mathematics faculty and K-12 teachers on a wide range of themes such as humanistic mathematics, teaching math for social justice, and writing.

Lew Ludwig

is a professor of Mathematics at Denison University. He is the director of the Center for Learning and Teaching. He served as a project leader on the MAA Instructional Practice Guide and has conducted two webinars and two MathFest workshops on generative AI for the MAA. He brings a wealth of experience in faculty development and the application of generative AI in the mathematics classroom. CONTACT: ludwigl at denison dot edu

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