Practical AI Uses for the Classroom and the Library

Presented on Friday June 21, 2024, in Long Beach, California.

The Common AIs mentioned and demonstrated during the presentation:

• Gemini by Google - https://gemini.google.com/app 

• Claude 3 by Anthropic - https://claude.ai/chats 

• ChatGPT / GPT 4 by Open AI - https://chatgpt.com/ 

• Copilot by Microsoft (a version of GPT 4) - https://copilot.microsoft.com/ 

• LLaMa 3 by Meta - https://www.meta.ai/ 

The "Academic Search" or "Scholarly" AIs mentioned (mostly hard sciences and OA material):

• Perplexity  - https://www.perplexity.ai/

• Consensus (mostly based on Semantic Scholar)- https://consensus.app/

• Scite - https://scite.ai/

• Semantic Scholar - https://www.semanticscholar.org/

The Chatbots / Trainable bot mentioned during the demonstration:

• ChatSimple - https://www.chatsimple.ai/

• RoboResponse - https://www.roboresponse.ai/

• CronbotAI - https://www.cronbot.ai/

• Chaindesk - https://www.chaindesk.ai/

• NotebookLM (not customer facing) - https://notebooklm.google.com/

The Other Resources mentioned at the end of the presentation:

• LessWrong - blog site for logic, mathematics, computers, and AI - https://www.lesswrong.com/

• Import AI - newsletter by Jack Clark on cutting edge generative AIs, training AIs, and ethics in AI - https://importai.substack.com/

• Nicole Hennig - Librarian for U of Arizona (formerly from MIT) - a newsletter with some commentary - https://substack.com/@nicolehennig

• Library 2.0 - Steve Hargadon's webinars, conferences, and "podcast" on AI - https://futureofai.org/this-week-in-AI

• TechCrunch - news site for technology - a lot about the money in AI investments and about what is coming out in days and weeks ahead - https://techcrunch.com/category/artificial-intelligence/

• ECampusNews.com - newsletter intended for K12 teachers, but there are occasional AI items worth the quick read - https://www.ecampusnews.com/

• Hope International's Faculty LibGuide - a few pages about AI, but a couple of important pages on the conversations to have with students accused of using AI - https://libguides.hiu.edu/faculty-library-guide/AI

The List of Practical Uses of AI for Personal Use, in the Academy, and in the Library:

1. Improve resumes or curriculum vitae

2. Improve essays for grants or scholarships

3. Brainstorming of ideas or topics

4. Generate research questions on a topic

5. List keywords or terms for study on a topic

6. List of pros and cons for a topic

7. Present a point of view on a topic, "how might .... understand..."

8. Summarize an academic article

9. Identify themes or patterns in an article, chapter, or essay

10. Edit or "improve" some writing

11. A "conversation" partner for language learning - interactive tutor

12. A "conversation" partner for practicing therapy (pastoral counseling or physical therapy or ...)

13. Virtual peer review

14. Improve aspects of a sermon

15. Sermon analysis

16. Language learning tool - vocabulary and paradigms

17. Automated content creation - study guides or flashcards based on your topic

18. Personal tutor

19. Event planning in the library

20. Translator of articles and chapters for patrons in the library

21. Administrative or personal assistant

22. Chatbot for the library

23. Help with grant writing