Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Far too many people view the free version of ChatGPT as a measure of what generative AI is capable of, and it is providing many in education with a false sense of reality.

"The deepest learning comes from the things you make yourself -- the writing, the explanations, the projects, the ideas. Your ideas will always be built, to some extent, on those that came before you. When you use AI ethically and responsibly, just like any other tool, not only does it improve your learning, it also means you get to express gratitude for the people whose work you're drawing upon. That way your teacher and others can follow the ideas. Providing those citations clarifies for your audience what you are adding to the world, so you get to lay claim to the ideas that are yours, your own contribution and original thinking!"

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An introduction to generative artificial intelligence technology and its implications on education.

News about ChatGPT and its text-generating capabilities have been sweeping across higher education, raising questions about what AI-powered text generators mean to learning, writing, and academic integrity in our classes. There is potential that some students may misuse these AI tools, misrepresenting AI-generated text as their own, but there is also great potential for how this technology can transform teaching and learning. This page is intended to provide some ideas on how we can engage with this emerging technology in productive and pedagogically sound ways.

The Turnitin tool used in Canvas for assignment submissions has launched an artificial intelligence (AI) detection feature. This feature will help faculty determine if writing tools such as ChatGPT have been used by students when submitting work in their class. The AI writing detector can identify 97% of ChatGPT and GPT3 authored writing, and has a less than 1/100 false positive rate. It can be used to help faculty make an informed decision, but is not meant to be used as a sole determinant for whether or not a student has committed academic misconduct.

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