Kalota (2024) ChatGPT came out when I was in my final year of undergrad, and I had heard of students trying to use it to write papers and assignments for them. I remember many of the professors I had mentioned to us in class that when completing an assignment, refrain...

Part 1 I have encountered generative AI in more places than I realize without really understanding how it works. I have used AI chat boxes that pop up on different websites whenever I need help finding information or have questions about a service. I have also used...

Part 1- Kalota's Primer The first time I really encountered generative AI was through the release of ChatGPT. Although I never really encountered it in my professional experience, I did use it out of curiosity in my personal life. I would use prompts centered around...

Part 1 Before reading Kalota (2024), I thought generative AI was three things stacked together: a search engine pulling current information, a fact database storing mostly verified content, and a reasoning system working on top of both. I knew the reasoning layer...

Part one: In my personal life, I have encountered generative AI through everyday technology without fully understanding how it works. For example, I have used voice assistants, interacted with customer service chat features, and received personalized recommendations...

Part 1 — Kalota’s Primer  Where have you already used or encountered generative AI — in placement, coursework, or your personal life — without really understanding this mechanism? I think a place where I was exposed to Generative AI and didn’t understand the mechanism...

Part 1: Kalota's Primer One concept from Kalota's article that shifted my understanding of generative AI was the explaining of how large language models generate text using probabilities rather than meaning. Kalota writes that a language model "predict what words are...

Kalota, F. (2024). A Primer on Generative Artificial Intelligence. Education Sciences, In my previous class on child maltreatment, my professor was insistent on integrating AI into our coursework. Their perspective was that AI’s presence in academia and professional...

Part 1 — Kalota’s Primer  In online communications, it can be difficult to tell when someone is using AI to generate content. In the early days it was pretty easy to spot, and sometimes still you might spot a comment reply that doesn’t make sense in the discussion...

Part 1: Kalota's Primer A specific concept from the article, A Primer on Generative Artificial Intelligence, that corrected my initial understanding of Generative AI is that it can create new content rather than only pull from datasets (Kalota, 2024). Before reading...