“Nobody phrases it this way, but I think that artificial intelligence is almost a humanities discipline. It is really an attempt to understand human intelligence and human cognition.” —Sebastian Thrun, 2013 (CEO of Kitty Hawk Corporation, and chairman and co-founder of Udacity, but first studied the humanities!)
Humans excel in understanding the context of a conversation or text, which is essential for accurate translation and analysis, and can interpret cultural nuances, idioms, and metaphors that AI might overlook.
While AI can translate and produce text quickly, a human perspective is still critical to ensure the output text flows naturally and maintains cohesive tone and style.
Many AI tools are unable to access text-based works or copyrighted information. You, however, can find a book in the library that could be the perfect source for your essay!
AI doesn't have the ability to consult with experts in the same ways you can.
In education, generative AI can assist in creating new teaching materials, such as lesson plans, questions for quizzes and exercises or explanations and summaries of concepts. See this article
for a discussion of some of the many ways generative AI might transform teaching practices.
discusses how AI tools might transform research in the social sciences.
Shy kids, a creative group from Toronto, discuss their experience using OpenAI's Sora (a video generation AI) to create a short film
Read how one news organisation is using AI to transform their approach to producing news content
discusses the opportunities and challenges presented by generative AI in the context of the creative arts.
Learning through conversations and questions
Ensure you check out all the different ideas of how generative AI can support your learning.