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Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence (AI) impacts all fields of study and is not subject specific. This guide is here to support research and learning involving Artificial Intelligence.

Suggestions for Students

When using AI tools in your learning, here are some suggestions for ethical and responsible ways to do so. This helps avoid academic misconduct violations and within your future work.

Before using an AI tool for your coursework: Have a conversation with your instructor in regards to AI use on your assignments and research. If you are unsure whether use of a specific tool or using AI tools in general is allowed in your course, reach out to your instructor. Having conversations early is the best way to avoid confusion.

Explore AI software and tools to understand what they can and cannot do, especially with topics you already know a lot about. Take the time to critically analyze their response. AI often lacks the critical thinking skills needed to complete your assignments.  

Some ways students have been using AI tools in their coursework: 

  • asking for comments and feedback on their assignments and papers 
  • preparing for debates by looking at counter-debate arguments
  • further explanation on topics they found confusing when they came up in class or in assignments. 

Be Careful: AI Makes Mistakes!

Poet Joy Buolamwini shares "AI, Ain't I A Woman " - a spoken word piece that highlights the ways in which artificial intelligence can misinterpret the images of iconic black women: Oprah, Serena Williams, Michelle Obama, Sojourner Truth, Ida B. Wells, and Shirley Chisholm.

This spoken word piece was inspired by Gender Shades, a research investigation that uncovered gender and skin-type bias in facial analysis technology from leading tech companies.

Read more on MIT's Black History Archive

AI Tools

  • ChatGPT is a text generator based on training data through 2021. Find it here: chat.openai.com/chat
  • Caktus AI is a subscription-based "virtual writing assistant". Find it here: caktus.ai
  • Bing search with ChatGPT. Find it out more and signup for the waitlist here: www.bing.com/new
    • This collaboration between Microsoft’s search engine and ChatGPT has three options for “tone of responses”:
      • More Creative – Responses are original and imaginative, creating surprise and entertainment for you.
      • More Balanced – Responses are reasonable and coherent, balancing accuracy and creativity in conversation.
      • More Precise – Responses are factual and concise, prioritizing accuracy and relevancy for you.
  • DALL-E is an image generator based on a text description.  Find it here: openai.com/dall-e-2
  • Stable Diffusion is another image generation tool based on provided text from Stability AI. Find it here: stablediffusionweb.com/#demo
  • DreamStudio – Web app based on Stable Diffusion. Find it here: beta.dreamstudio.ai/dream
  • AutoDraw is a basic drawing tool (think MS Paint) that uses AI to change user drawings into higher quality visuals. Find it here: www.autodraw.com
  • GitHub Copilot helps programmers write code and translate code into other programming languages. Find it here: github.com/features/copilot
  • Character.AI allows users to chat with chatbots based on historical, fictional, or contemporary figures. Find it here: beta.character.ai/
  • State of the Union Presidential Rebuttals allows users to pick any two Presidents in history to offer rebuttals to each others’ State of the Union speeches. Find it here: factba.se/sotu/ai-rebuttal