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What is Generative AI?

To leverage the power of generative artificial intelligence (AI) for teaching and learning—and minimize negative impacts—it is important to understand how generative AI tools work. Here, we recommend some of the more accessible resources to help get you up to speed.

Learning Technologies
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Michael Palmer
Barbara Fried Director & Professor
Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost
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Updated: December 2024
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The Basics of Generative AI

An engaging animated tutorial on the nuts and bolts of generative AI, including a discussion of important terms, how generative AI and large-language models work, prompt engineering, and a possible future of AI.

TechTarget
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How Large Language Models (LLMs) Work

A visual explanation for how generative AI uses Large Language Models (LLM) to create plausible and sophisticated text, images, and computer code at a level that mimics human ability.

Financial Times
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Ways Generative AI Might Impact Pedagogical Innovation

This Inside Higher Ed opinion piece, leans on the Taxonomy of Pedagogical Innovation to critique how generative AI stacks up as a pedagogical innovation.

Inside Higher Ed
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What AI Can Do Today?

This up-to-date repository allows you to quickly find the perfect AI for the task at hand.

Inside Higher Ed

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