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What level of AI Use is permitted by your instructor?
Maintain safety and privacy of your personal information.
Evaluate the generated information
Cite your promts and usage of AI-generated material.
Follow all DCS Guidelines for use.
Writing Prompts
Writing Prompts
Prompts are different than database queries
More details help AI generate it's response. You can also ask follow-up questions or ask it to "do" or "don't do" something.
"Act..." Give the AI the role you would like it to play. Act as though you are a... personal trainer/pilot/chef
Include the type of output you would like: ... a one page summary, an outline, a list, etc. You can add specifics like "at a 6th grade reading level" or "translated into Spanish."
Use feedback tools to evaluate if the response was useful or not. This helps improve AI over time.
Strengths of AI
Strengths of AI
Translating text/ closed captioning for videos
Adjusting reading level of text
Organizing and providing structure to writing
Correcting spelling and grammar.
Giving an overview of a topic
Brainstorming ideas
Summarizing content
Providing feedback for writing
Sharing templates for graphics and design
Limitations of AI-generated Content
Limitations of AI-generated Content
Only as good as the data it pulls from– biased to “free” sources of information.
Only as good as the prompts it is given.
Must be double-checked for accuracy and context.
Must check AI content for plagiarism.
Not always able to make sense of sarcasm/humor/irony.
Be sure to cite content generated by AI in MLA9
Can be relaxed with security of your data.
Always check the school/instructor's policy on use of AI.
How Generative AI Works
How Generative AI Works
Webcrawlers search for content and scrapers extract it.
Can access nearly anything that doesn’t require a login to see: public social media accounts, websites, blogs, online marketplaces, voter registration, Reddit, Flikr, news outlets
Can access pirated versions of web archives, books, etc.
Some crawlers and scrapers can disguise themselves as users to get behind paywalls, have resulted in lawsuits.
Some search companies are training AI with data from their chatbots (Alexa/Siri, etc)
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