Artificial intelligence, or AI, is, "the use of computers to model the behavioral aspects of human reasoning and learning." (from The Columbia Encyclopedia)
"Artificial Intelligence" -- Topic fact sheet from National Institutes of Health
Advancements in AI have led to generative AI. Generative AI is, "a subfield of artificial intelligence in which computer algorithms are used to generate outputs that resemble human-created content, be it text, images, graphics, music, computer code or otherwise." (from TechRepublic)
Link to document from April 2023 workshop (Dr. Rob Wakeman)
Generative-AI programs are tools that can be used for a range of purposes, including activities that support learning as well as interfere with learning. You might think, and ask students to think, about how similar tools have changed the work of your field and thus the skills and abilities that educated professionals need, over the past decades:
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