AI Literacy: ChatGPT
AI literacy is the ability to understand and work with artificial intelligence (AI) technology. It involves knowing how AI systems function, what they can do, and their potential impacts on society. Being AI literate means having the skills to use AI tools responsibly, recognizing biases in AI, and understanding the ethical considerations related to AI. This helps individuals make informed decisions about how AI affects their daily lives and the world around them.
AI Input and Output
I: what is ETSU president, how long has he been in office, what is the best thing he's done for campus
O: Dr. Brian Noland has been the president of East Tennessee State University (ETSU) since January 2012. His tenure has been marked by significant achievements, including record-setting enrollment, graduation, and retention rates. One of his most impactful accomplishments has been securing major funding for campus improvements, such as renovating the D.P. Culp Student Center and building the William B. Greene, Jr. Stadium. He also expanded ETSU's health-related research by establishing institutes like the Strong BRAIN Institute and the Center for Rural Health Research​
Reflection
After using AI to research information about ETSU's president Dr. Brian Nolan (as AI told me...as if we didn't know LOL) I found some things that I had never noticed before. I am not sure if this is a new tool used by ChatGPT but, when I searched my input, it gave me the websites used to create this information. When i searched that information, I was expecting an answer that was mediocre. However, I was pleasantly surprised with a list of references (listed next to this text). After double checking the information with the references given it is 100% facts. Something that AI is not known for. Does this mean AI is getting smarter day by day or maybe hour by hour?
Critical Reflection
AI is fairly new to everyone. Chat GPT, Copilot, and Gemini are the most common ones that I hear especially around campus. This tool I believe is very useful only if you have the right intentions of using it. AI chat bots have been useful even in this class to help past the "help desk" hours this semester. So yes, AI can be super helpful to all. However, when you have an ill intention of using AI to do your work for you then it gets to be a tool that may dramatically hurt you academically. Educators everywhere are now applying anti-AI tools such as using Turn it In or adding "invisible ink" to the end of questions so that AI will give them a specific answer flagging the assignment as AI written. The downside to AI and to the ways we are trying to prevent the usage of AI are flawed! I am no educator, so I am not sure what goes on behind the scenes. I am a student, so I do know when my work is flagged and I 100% wrote it myself that concerns me!
In this course I was able to learn how to better understand the outputs that AI gives and how to determine if it is facts or not. But I feel like there is so much to learn and to stray away from when it comes to AI.
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