Tag: GAI
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Science Fiction Worldbuilding with Generative AI
It’s been a while since I made a creative post highlighting some of the creative multimodal capabilities of GenAI. It can be easy to get swept up in the drama of recent events like OpenAI’s board firing its CEO (and his subsequent possible flight to Microsoft, or return to OpenAI…). It’s also easy to focus…
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Chatbots don’t make sense – they make words
Despite the hype surrounding advanced Large Language Models like GPT-4, there is yet to be any evidence that these kinds of AI can think. In this post, I’m exploring how chatbots are built and trained, and why a little technical understanding goes a long way. Knowing even the broad strokes of how large language models…
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Rethinking Assessment for Generative AI: Ungrading
This post is part of a series on rethinking assessment for generative AI. Check out the earlier posts below: While Generative AI has thrown both K-12 and tertiary education into disarray, it’s time to move the narrative away from “cheating” and to start focusing on what we can do about it. This post explores the…
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Hands on with DALL E-3: In conversation with… an image generator
This post is part of a series exploring multimodal generative AI (GAI) technologies from text, to image, to audio and video generation. Check out some of the other posts in this series: DALL-E in ChatGPT: The basics If you’re using ChatGPT with a Plus subscription I’m going to assume that you’re fairly familiar with image…
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Practical Strategies for Image Generation in Education
Most teachers I know haven’t got the time to play around with every single new technology, and AI image generation is definitely in its shiny new toy phase. Up until a couple of months ago, I wouldn’t have recommended using any image generation in education. The highest quality platforms, like Midjourney and Stable Diffusion, are…
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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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AI Principles to Practical Strategies: How Schools Can Apply the National AI Framework
The draft schools AI framework for education is currently open for feedback, alongside a House Standing Committee parliamentary inquiry into Generative Artificial Intelligence in education. The draft framework represents an important step for schools trying to adapt to the challenges and opportunities of Generative AI. I’ve been working with schools on developing their own…