Academic Use of LLMs

Q&A (10 minutes)

Q&A about ethics, computing, and logistics of the course.

No question is too silly, naive, controversial, basic, or advanced.

Discussion of the Reading

Teacher v chatbot: my journey into theclassroom in the age of AI

• What did you think of the reading in terms of how easy/difficult it was to read it? Was it challenging?
• If you used the social reading tool, did it enhance or hinder your reading process? Did you like it or hate it?

Discussion of the Reading

Teacher v chatbot: my journey into theclassroom in the age of AI

Instead of cheating machines, chatbots could be powerful TAs/tutors

AI is an evil scam vs AI is the future of everything

• Make a list of pros and cons of using AI for reading and writing

Journal Writing

Take 5 minutes to write down your position on AI for reading and writing:

• When do you think it’s okay to use AI?
• When is it more harmful/hindering than helpful?

Use the same google document you have already shared with me

Reading – first person account

This first assigned reading was written in the first person:

• the “I” pronoun was used throughout the text
• the author narrated events, and offered personal reflections
• the writing includes “tension” – at times the author is against AI, but then in other parts of the text the author expresses ideas that are pro AI.

Second reading (shorter, due tomorrow) also has these features

Written assignment – positionality

• instructions – no need to double space it, but it does make it easier to read. Give me editor access (apicoral@umn.edu).
• example – history