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Student Guide to Generative AI

This research guide provides definition, information, and resources for students to understand the basics of generative AI and ChatGPT including concerns, limitations, and opportunities.

Artificial Intelligence and tools like ChatGPT are developing technologies. This can impact how it's used and any policies. This guide will continue to be updated as new resources and ideas are published. Students should check with their professors and relevant university departments for guidelines.

A Guide to Our Generative AI Guide

Use the pages on this guide to:

  • Find answers to frequently asked questions about the generative AI technology
  • Consider its limitations and how to use it ethically
  • Curate lists of resources you can use to stay up to date 

How did we get here with AI?

While artificial intelligence has been available in different forms for decades, Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI) has created a major stir across the world and many industries, ignited by the release of OpenAI's ChatGPT tool in November 2022. ChatGPT is only one of many AI products which has seized the attention of a number of fields that could be fundamentally affected, including higher education.

As many institutions in society wrestle with drafting policies to address generative AI, the technology is already here and in use. You may be thinking about using ChatGPT or its competitors yourself. Depending on what you do with it, that might not be a bad thing - there are many useful and ethical ways to use the software.

There is also a guide geared towards faculty needs. 

Podcasts Discussing Generative AI

If you like to listen to your information, check out the selection of podcasts below which have done multiple episodes on these topics. 

You can also search any podcast platforms for AI, Generative AI, or ChatGPT. 

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Student Guide for Generative AI Tools © 2024 by Jessica Kiebler is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International