Generative AI, such as ChatGPT or GoogleBard, is an AI tool powered by a Large Language Model to answer prompts provided by users. Large Language Models are AI systems that are trained using huge amounts of data from sources like books, web pages, videos, and more, to predict the next word in a string of text. Since generative AI is trained on information found on the internet, and information on the internet can be misleading, offensive, false, funny, biased, or true, the answers or work that generative AI creates can also be misleading, offensive, false, funny, biased, or true. It is important to note that generative AI can predict the word that is statistically most likely in a string of text, but it cannot analyze or make a judgement call on the answers it creates.
Many Higher Education publications feature write-ups on AI in higher education. Check out the following publications for up to date news:
The following resources are complied lists of articles and resources focused on Generative AI in Higher Ed:
Some recently published articles on Generative AI & ChatGPT:
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