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Mini-Conference Slide Deck
Mini-Conference Slide Deck
To the left is the slide deck that our team prepared after the panel event and reflection. Slide deck built by Jackson Lemaster, with edits and suggestions from the rest of the team.
Applied Communication Project Analysis: Reflecting back on The Real Cost of AI Panel.
Applied Communication Project Analysis: Reflecting back on The Real Cost of AI Panel.
pdf for page.pdfAnalysis and Evaluation of Panel through Post-Panel Qualtrics Results
Analysis and Evaluation of Panel through Post-Panel Qualtrics Results
Generally, our group considers the panel a success. While people were already still pretty aware of the issue of AI on our planet, there was still a significant amount of people that said the panel changed their mind or affected how they thought about AI. As you see below in figure one, 17 out of 20 (or 85%) of participant self-reported to be aware of AI's relationship to the environment prior to attending our panel.
Figure one: Bar graph with the title "Were you aware of AI's relationship to the environment before attending this panel?" with 17 responses for yes, 2 for no, and 1 for I don't know.
However, overall, people did report that their attendance of the panel affected how they think about AI. 60% of students, or 12 attendees, reported that it did affect how they thought about AI, with the other 7 being on a scale of maybe to no.
Some people became more aware of the AI and digital space use being both an environmental and ethical issue (figure three), but still were not aware of the larger conversation that people were having (figure four). Our panel brought some more awareness for many participants about this idea.
Figure two: bar graph with the title "Did attending this panel affect how you think about AI?"
Figure three: Bar chart with the title "Were you aware that AI and digital space usage was an ethical and environmental issue before this panel?" With 10 responses for yes, 4 for no, and 2 for not sure.
Figure four: Bar chart titled "If so, how aware?", presented as a follow up to figure three's question. 6 people reported not super aware, 8 reported kind of aware, and 4 reported very aware.
Some of the most interesting data from our survey comes from the "Do you use AI?" and "If so, how often?" portion of our questions. As seen above, people are generally aware of AI and it's real, current harm to the environment, but are still using it on a somewhat regular basis. While these numbers make sense, it is interesting to have them reported after people's awareness of AI. Since this data is entirely self-reported, there can be an argument that individuals may feel guilty or nervous about being completely honest about their true usage, especially with this being passed around after the fact.
Figure five: Bar chart title "Do you use AI?" with 16 responses for yes and 4 for no.
Figure six: Bar chart title "If so, how often?" as a follow up to the question in figure five. 4 people reported daily use, with 5 being a couple times a week, 1 being weekly, 5 being a couple times a month, and 0 for monthly.Â
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