TECHNOLOGY . ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE . TOOLS
Spring semester 2023 started with big Technology news: ChatGPT was making it's first waves in the world. The buzz? It will R U I N us. Such buzz happens with the advent of all new technology. This is not new[s]. We humans dream it [technology] up and make it a reality and have done so for millennia. We seem to love to fear this process, but we can’t stop it. Creating tools to support and enhance our existance has enabled the very survival of our species. In the modern era I think we can all agree that AI–Tech is amazing. But it's important to recognize its limits. The purpose of this site is to inform and shape our thinking about the usefulness of technology like ChatGPT and Social Robotics. AI was initiated to do well what humans do poorly, to enhance our experiences. To this end, at present, AI is a tool that can be used well or poorly and we are here to help folks think about how to use it well. And to assure readers that AI -- which is far from human-like -- is not in a position to initiate a grand singularity any time soon. That said, it is on us to make good on the promise AI affords in our lives and our work. Knowledge, in this regard, is power.
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The Singularity and Talk Therapy: The Effects of Artificial Intelligence in a Therapeutic Setting
Professor Erica Kleinknecht, Ph.D. is an award winning teacher of undergraduate Psychology at Pacific University in Forest Grove, OR. She has been teaching classes in Cognition, Development, and Research Methods for over 20 years and finds that when students learn with purpose, the lessons are more deeply internalized. Higher Education is both about learning and about learning to do, better. For more examples of how Prf. K.'s students learn to do better, you can visit her complete catalogue of Authentic Learning in Psychology Projects. Feel free to email her with questions at eko at pacificu dot edu.