AI and information literacy

Are you new to AI tools and some of the issues surrounding them? Here are some places to start learning: 

• Explained: Generative AI. Adam Zewe, MIT News, November 2023
• What is ChatGPT, the AI software taking the internet by storm? BBC News, January 2023 (video)
• The inside story of how ChatGPT was built from the people who made it. Will Douglas Heaven, MIT Technology Review, March 2023
• What are generative AI models? IBM Technology, March 2023 (video)
• What to know about OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT. Pranshu Verma, Washington Post, February 2023
• What is AI and how will it change our lives? Podcast episodes from NPR Explains: AI hosted by Bobby Allyn, 2023
• AI for everyone - free, beginner level online course from Coursera 

Additionally, here is a reading list curated by academics and librarians about the ethical implications of AI: 

• Resources for Understanding the Ethical Implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI), December 2023

​​​​​​Generative AI impacts every aspect of higher education. The articles below offer perspectives on how AI is changing higher education: 

• Will ChatGPT make us better, happier teachers? Betsy Barre, Center for the Advancement of Teaching, January 2023
• Designing assignments in the ChatGPT era. Susan D'Agostino, Inside Higher Ed, January 2023
• Should you add an AI policy to your syllabus? Kevin Gannon, Chronicle of Higher Education, July 2023
• I'm a student. You have no idea how much we're using ChatGPT. Owen Kichizo Terry, Chronicle of Higher Education, May 2023

• Artificial intelligence in higher education: The state of the field. Helen Crompton and Diane Burke, International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 2023

Business -  A crash course for small business on using A.I. from a Harvard Business School professor. CNBC, August 2023 (video)

Computer Science -  Most outsourced coders in India will be gone in 2 years due to A.I., Stability AI boss predicts. CNBC, July 2023 (video)

Criminal Justice -  Police surveillance and facial recognition: Why data privacy is imperative for communities of color. 

Nicol Turner Lee and Caitlin Chin-Rothmann, The Brookings Institute, April 2022

Joint statement on enforcement efforts against discrimination and bias in automated systems. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Department of Justice, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, & Federal Trade Commission, 2023

Healthcare - Artificial intelligence and machine learning: What physician leaders need to know.  Lola Butcher, Physician Leadership Journal, 2023

AI chatbots can diagnose medical conditions at home. How good are they? Sara Reardon, Scientific American, March 2023

Hospitality - AI in restaurants: 9 ways artificial intelligence is shaping the food industry. Popmenu, 2023

Psychology - AI is changing every aspect of psychology. Here's what to watch for. Zara Abrams, American Psychological Association, July 2023

Science - AI and science: What 1600 researchers think. Richard Van Noorden & Jeffrey M. Perkel, Nature, September 2023

Skilled Trades - Can automation replace skilled trades workers? Lester Burke, Learn a Skilled Trade, April 2023