This is great and I am looking forward to the whole series. What are you including in your syllabus about this technology? Here's my note, to start some discussion in the comments:
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A note on AI-driven writing support.
Recently, open-source AI tools such as ChatGPT and others have been released to the general public. These systems have tremendous potential for revolutionizing how humans communicate with one another, and for generic communication, they can generate written responses that are quite similar to what a human can create.
You are not a generic human. You are a Spartan whose lived experience, opinions, and research has value, both to me and to the world. Written papers are an opportunity to share who you are, and no artificial intelligence, regardless of how developed they become, can replace what you have to offer. As a result, when I assign written work, I expect you to write. Attempting to substitute your writing and your personality amounts to an act of theft – it is both plagiarism, and furthermore, you would be robbing yourself of an expressive opportunity. In most cases, use of these types of tools will result in a failing grade for the assignment, and potentially failure for the entire course.
thank you so much, Ryan! Because it is so new, I've only talked to my students about it, and none of them seem to have heard of chatGPT. This course has some readings on AI-generated music, so we discuss the technology more generally. Alas, that happened before chatGPT was released during the fall term, so I plan on doing something to discuss chatGPT specifically with my course this semester. Your note is really excellent, though, and I will probably share it with my class!
This is great and I am looking forward to the whole series. What are you including in your syllabus about this technology? Here's my note, to start some discussion in the comments:
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A note on AI-driven writing support.
Recently, open-source AI tools such as ChatGPT and others have been released to the general public. These systems have tremendous potential for revolutionizing how humans communicate with one another, and for generic communication, they can generate written responses that are quite similar to what a human can create.
You are not a generic human. You are a Spartan whose lived experience, opinions, and research has value, both to me and to the world. Written papers are an opportunity to share who you are, and no artificial intelligence, regardless of how developed they become, can replace what you have to offer. As a result, when I assign written work, I expect you to write. Attempting to substitute your writing and your personality amounts to an act of theft – it is both plagiarism, and furthermore, you would be robbing yourself of an expressive opportunity. In most cases, use of these types of tools will result in a failing grade for the assignment, and potentially failure for the entire course.
thank you so much, Ryan! Because it is so new, I've only talked to my students about it, and none of them seem to have heard of chatGPT. This course has some readings on AI-generated music, so we discuss the technology more generally. Alas, that happened before chatGPT was released during the fall term, so I plan on doing something to discuss chatGPT specifically with my course this semester. Your note is really excellent, though, and I will probably share it with my class!