Tag: AI ethics
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AI Q&A: Anna Mills on balancing the critical and creative aspects of generative AI
This post is the first in a series of Q&A interviews with educators working with generative AI. These posts will explore K-12 and tertiary perspectives of teachers, academics, and professionals who are grappling with the implications of these new technologies. Anna Mills is a community college writing teacher, open textbook author, and an advocate for…
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Myths, magic, and metaphors: the language of generative AI
As part of my PhD studies, I read and write a lot of stuff that doesn’t really fit into my research, but which I find interesting anyway. I’m categorising these “spare parts” on my blog, and if you’re interested in following them you’ll find them all here. I’ve written a fair bit about AI ethics,…
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What happens when Generative AI disappears into the woodwork?
As part of my PhD studies, I read and write a lot of stuff that doesn’t really fit into my research, but which I find interesting anyway. I’m categorising these “spare parts” on my blog, and if you’re interested in following them you’ll find them all here. At the moment we’re still in the thick…
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Hands on with Bing Image Creator: Microsoft’s image generator just got serious
This is the fourth post in a series exploring the practical and creative implications of multimodal generative artificial intelligence (GAI). The previous posts covered image generation with Adobe Firefly, audio generation for voice, music, and sound effects, and text generation with chat plus search. Over the last couple of weeks, Microsoft has upgraded their Bing…
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Hands on with AI audio generation: GAI voice, music, and sound effects
This is the second post in a series exploring the multimodal possibilities of generative AI. This series will take a detailed, hype-free look at text, image, audio, video, and code generation and explore the creative potential as well as the ethical concerns of GAI. Although Generative AI isn’t a new technology, it’s definitely been having…
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Generative AI, plagiarism, and “cheating”
Back in January, I wrote a post called Beyond Cheating, reflecting on the ChatGPT bans that were rolling out across various Australian states and the “cheating” narrative that had accompanied the chatbot since its release. In that earlier post, I argued that banning and blocking generative AI would only contribute to the digital divide –…
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Hands on with Adobe Firefly: Finally an image generator that can be used in school
Generative AI is a multimodal technology, with applications in text, image, video, audio, and code. Unfortunately, up until now, the actual usefulness of GAI in schools has been limited by technical and practical barriers. ChatGPT, for example, is easy to access but problematic in the classroom due to its obscure terms and conditions and dubious…
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Teaching Writing with Generative AI
This post is based on a presentation I ran recently at the AATE conference. It takes the writing cycle approach from our book ‘Practical Writing Strategies‘ and applies Generative AI at various stages. One of the most pressing concerns at the recent Australian Association for the Teaching of English (AATE) conference was the implications of…
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Teaching AI Ethics: Power
This is the final post in a nine-part series exploring AI ethics, originally outlined in this post. Each post goes into detail on the ethical concern and provides practical ways to discuss these issues in a variety of subject areas. Here’s a full list of the rest of the series: This post on Power has…
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Secondary School Assessment and Artificial Intelligence
When ChatGPT landed on our doorsteps in November 2022, it largely slipped beneath the education radar. By the time term 1 2023 rolled around, however, it’s fair to say that the situation had changed. Most states in Australia banned the technology in Department schools, and those bans remained in place for several months. Despite the…