Claude.ai is a large language model created by Anthropic, who promote themselves as an effort to create powerful and harmless applications of AI. Elicit is marketed as an AI research assistant developed by Stanford researchers to automate scientific literature reviews. 

This in-person workshop will introduce instructors to the free versions of these tools to examine how generative AI can help frame or build writing activities. The discussion will also address the potential risks and limitations of using probability-based generative language tools for academic labor involving meaningful reading and synthesis.  Participants will be invited to create free accounts with Claude.ai and Elicit for exploration and activities, but UMN OIT does not endorse or support Claude.ai, Elicit, or any generative AI platform.

Facilitator: Dan Emery (Assistant Director, Writing Across the Curriculum)

Audience: Faculty, instructors, and graduate students
Format: On-campus workshop, remote attendance will not be offered