What’s the deal with generative AI?

We all know about the new technology of generative AI. Is it good, bad, neither, both? It depends on the context. To fix our ideas for the first of what we’ll likely be a number of discussions about artificial intelligence, let’s start with the current controversy in higher education. What would be a useful and ethical use of AI on the part of students? What about professors? How do we minimize damaging or unethical uses?

Suggested reading: Is AI enhancing education or replacing it?, from The Chronicle of Higher Education. (Free download)

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