Tag: AI
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Choose Your Own Adventure: “We’re Not Ready for Superintelligence”
I admit in advanced, this post may seem a bit more sci-fi over academic. But it’s easy to either get freaked out by AI or dismiss it altogether. Most people still view it as a slightly smarter Siri or a hit-or-miss “Hey Google.” Some see it as helpful sometimes, yet when it isn’t, just frustrating…
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Believable AI Video Creation, even from a Single Image
It is easy to get caught up in the negatives of AI video creation, especially as computing power continues to make things more lifelike and more believable at a quick glance. But in this post, I want to focus on the positive and the possibilities of what something like a tool like Google’s Veo could…
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From Spellcheck to Red Flags: Understanding AI Detection in Your Writing
How Much ‘AI’ Grammar Check Can Get Flagged as AI Writing? In this video, I’m taking a deep dive into an increasingly important topic in your coursework; how generative AI tools, like Grammarly, intersect with academic integrity at Western. In collaboration with the Academic Honesty Office, I break down a sample paper and show you…
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Deck Checking AI, like a Pokémon Professor?
As an educational technologist, I’m less interested in whether AI can churn out decent code or academic papers, but rather, I’m more interested in the thought process behind its output. Much like in the classroom, learning is much more than a final product in a class. As any teacher will tell you, we want to…
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Is OpenAI’s Sora Soaring AI Video to New Heights?
This week, both Apple and OpenAI debuted their public version of their new expansion of their AI multiverse. Let’s take a look at Sora and what it plans to bring to the AI video landscape. https://sora.com/library Arguably, the internet’s most respected tech reviewer, Marques Brownlee, from MKBHD, has the best and most succinct breakdown of…
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The Future of AI: Not a Matter of If, but When.
Engaging AI Topics, and Videos, to Explore During Your Academic Winter Break | 2024 <Update> 10 December, to reflect Google’s unveiling of their Quantum computer processor The Rise of AI Ubiquity AI has already transitioned from a buzzword to a pervasive reality. From recommendation systems that tailor our online experiences to generative models capable of…