AI and Language Models (LLM)

Information on this libguide was curated to provide a wide range of introductory materials on artificial intelligent, partidularly large language models, for students and staff. The tabs at the side of this page serve as a table of contents to navigate you through the information. 

  Source: https://blog.dataiku.com/large-language-model-chatgpt

Large Language Models

• are artificial intelligence program that generates dialogue. 
• are faciliated by large amounts of data and computing techniques to make predictions to string words together in a meaningful way.
• can also be used for writing music, coding assistance, manipulating media files, movie recommendations, playing games, cooking assistance, improving health, creating content in multiple languages, job interview preparation, writing essays, and as a chat companion.
• sometimes have difficulty acknowledging that it doesn’t know something and instead fabricates a plausible-sounding answer.
• is trained on a large set of text data — and that data may contain biases or prejudices. 
• does not always recognize idioms, regionalisms, or slang. Instead, it may take a phrase like “raining cats and dogs” literally.
• may sometimes provide nonsensical or inaccurate responses to certain questions or situations.

A few articles to build your foundation in Artificial Intelligence (AI),  particularly ChatGPT.

Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Teaching and Learning Insights and Recommendations US Dept of Education
In this report, we aim to build on the listening sessions the Department hosted to engage and inform all constituents involved in making educational decisions so they can prepare for and make better decisions about the role of AI in teaching and learning.

Defining AI Literacy for Higher Education Educause
Considers how to foster both technical and practical AI literacy among students, faculty, and administration.

AI Gobbles Water and Energy Living On Earth
Discuss concerns about resource-intensive AI systems and possibilities for improvement.

Rethinking Plaigerism in the Era of Generative AI Lindenwood University Digital Commons
This paper proposes revisions to writing curricula, adapting to the transformative influence of AI in academic contexts

Using AI Like Chat GPT For Research United World College Chanshu
Page contains information on using AI for research