I was in a discussion yesterday about introducing young people (17-18) to generative text models. I noted that
Thoughts from James who recently held a Gen AI literacy workshop for older teenagers.
On risks:
One idea I had was to ask a generative model a question and fact check points in front of students, allowing them to see fact checking as part of the process. Upfront, it must be clear that while AI-generated text may be convincing, it may not be accurate.
On usage:
Generative text should not be positioned as, or used as, a tool to entirely replace tasks; that could disempower. Rather, it should be taught to be used as a creativity aid. Such a class should involve an exercise of making something.
I think the people who really need a crash course in AI literacy are the people my age and older.
I’ve already heard at least one horror story about someone’s boss trying to include a ChatGPT-sourced, error riddled submission paper in a sensitive bid.
Ha ha sorry I see now my comment is meaningless without that. I’m just at the very end of Gen X, so called Xennial/Settlers of Catan generation.
So basically I’m saying some of the Gen X people and Boomers in senior roles now seem not to understand the limitations of LLMs and are trying to incorporate them anyway.
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I think the people who really need a crash course in AI literacy are the people my age and older.
I’ve already heard at least one horror story about someone’s boss trying to include a ChatGPT-sourced, error riddled submission paper in a sensitive bid.
How old are you?
Ha ha sorry I see now my comment is meaningless without that. I’m just at the very end of Gen X, so called Xennial/Settlers of Catan generation.
So basically I’m saying some of the Gen X people and Boomers in senior roles now seem not to understand the limitations of LLMs and are trying to incorporate them anyway.