Wayne and Mary showed up early and took on Bonus Quiz 6 – Shortcut, Recycle Bin, and File Types.
Anisley (Ani) heartfeltly shared her Generation Path: The Unknown Road where her great-grand parents emigrated from Spain to Cuba. Ten years ago, Ani immigrated to the U.S. with her son. May they continue to build roots and thrive in this land of opportunity :-)
With only one student presentation, I walked through the transformation process of Ani's draft version of her slideshow to the final version to show how some features were implemented and reinforce what I articulated last week during the review for Wayne's and Manassiya's slideshows:
- Tailor your slideshow and presentation to the venue (i.e. slide size) and audience (i.e. laymen who may not understand abbreviations or industry knowledge from your presentation, so write out and explain those abbreviations and industry knowledge)
- Go-big-or-go-home (i.e. why make a photo/image small giving empty space to show the background when a photo/image should be larger and more clearer? Are you there to show your photos/images/videos/audios or the background? Why even have a background?)
- Less words is more (i.e. information/words should come from you, the presenter, not your slideshow; the slideshow is there to help you make visual impact with photos/images/videos/audios, not to do the information dissemination for you)
I followed Ani with my Lecture 3 The Internet (Part 1 of 3). Today's presentation included the first of my signature topic: how to properly dissect an Uniform Resource Locator (URL) to identify its six components, not of all six which may be present.
L3: Slide 4 shows the difference between URL, web address, and domain name.
L3: Slide 5 shows the six components of an URL, not of all six which may be present.
The logic of dissection is written out in black below slide 5 in the screenshot below. This topic will be in Bonus Quizzes 8, 9, and 10.
I gave the remainder of the classroom session for students to work on their coursework. Before leaving the classroom, Leina committed to present her A5 Slideshow Presentation next Saturday. As I draft this blog post, Manassiya pulled ahead of her classmates in LabSim progress.
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Various usages of artificial intelligence (AI) in past years have appeared in the previous four posts of my blog. This 27 min 52 sec John Oliver video from earlier this year brings a current focus on AI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sqa8Zo2XWc4
Note: Viewer discretion is advised as the video contains strong languages and John Oliver's brand of humor. If you are under the age of 18 and cannot obtain your parent's permission, let me know and I will give you an alternate assignment in place of watching this video.
I learned the difference between Narrow AI and General AI. I agree with what Erick Brynjolfsson said about "affected not replaced". I like the AI-generated song on cats with Eminem's voice but I love John Oliver's rap even better! I hope John Oliver's rap was human-generated ^_^
Students,
Please address these three questions/topics in your comment:
(1) What are you throughs on any, some, or all of these points from John Oliver's video?
a. Unexplainable how AI algorithms arrive at their results (i.e. "the problem with AI right now isn't that it's smart, but it's that it's stupid in ways we cannot predict")
b. Unintended lessons (e.g. rulers are malignant)
c. Bias-in-bias-out (e.g. pale male data, women = bad & men named 'Jared' who play high school lacrosse = good, TayTweets: from National Puppy Day to Nazi-leaning)
d. Over-correcting (e.g. solves the problem of being racist by erasing minority)
e. Would self regulation work for companies developing or using AI?
(2) Have you used AI yourself?
(3) Will you practice the URL dissection exercise to bolster your performance on Bonus Quizzes 8, 9, and 10?
1) I do think that many professionals (like lawyers, marketers, etc.) will be left in the dust if they do not find creative and ethical ways to use AI to help make their products or services go from good to great. Although I will say the idea of “Black Box” programs are scary!
ReplyDelete2) Yes, in helping me re-word workplace memos to check for implicit biases that I may be unaware of in my original text. I’ve also used it to help me re-word and soften an email that I feel may sound too direct or harsh.
3) I’m not sure I will be able to arrive to class early enough to complete the bonus quizzes.
1. AI is so interesting and new that I think as humans we are expecting everything to develop fast and efficiently without properly giving enough time to perfect the system. Is all about trials and testing hypotheses and coming up with new innovative solutions. Is AI stupid...? Maybe it is now, but aren't some humans the superlative of stupid? Have we been able to fix humanity or stupidity? Technology developments at this level require a philosophical analysis that's deeper and more intricate than just thinking self-regulation can be the solution. Self-regulating never helped humans so I don't think it will help robots.
ReplyDelete2. I have used it at work to streamline research in design history and tendencies across the globe. Useful if used with caution.
3. I wish I was able to participate but my current work/family schedule is very tight as it is. I'm happy to participate in class.
1.) When he said "the problem with AI right now isn't that it's smart, but it's that it's stupid in ways we cannot predict", it made a lot of sense to me. AI is only as smart as we taught it to be. It's kind of like having an intelligent baby that will do whatever you tell it to. At the end of the day, it's still a learning baby. Mistakes are bound to happen, and we don't know what kind of mistake it's going to make. I also find it weird that AI somehow turned into a racist in less than 24 hours. I wonder where it's getting all the information from, and it does concerns me a bit over how much these information are on the internet for AI to turned into a racist.
ReplyDelete2.) I've only used ChatGPT once. Mainly because I don't really know how to use it, and I prefers things that are genuine. I want to try to come up with things myself. I don't want to practice relying on other things or people too much.
3.) I haven't fully grasp the concept of dissecting URL yet. I wouldn't mind participating, it's more my inability to participate. I'm sure if I have more time to spend learning the concept, I will get a better understanding, and will be able to take the bonus quizzes.
1. The video Artificial Intelligence: with John Oliver was very informative. What stood out to me is how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being used in the medical field to detect certain conditions earlier and more accurately than human doctors. Although John Oliver states, "the problem with AI right now isn't that it's smart, but it's that it's stupid in ways we cannot predict" which proves a good point. If we depend on AI too much, doctors will become too reliant on it. The future of the world may be AI but there is so much that we don't know about it. So should we self regulate AI? I believe mistakes are bound to be made regardless of if the system is regulated by humans, probably more so.
ReplyDelete2. I would say AI is very useful in my life. ChatGPT helps me come up with ideas as well as topics for my English and Accounting classes. It is helpful but if its used excessively it could restrict critical thinking.
3. I will more than likely not practice the URL dissection. I am not able to make classes early but I will definitely ask questions about it in class.
1. Artificial Intelligence (AI) bias is what stood out most to me in this video clip. Without over-correcting, there would have to be an equal number of data sets used for each group which is not representative of the real world. Before AI, this was less of a problem because human judgement isn't as black or white as an algorithm. From an employer's point-of-view, it may be easier to gauge whether someone would be a good candidate by speaking to a person rather than going off the words they may have used in a resume. I don't believe self-regulation works in any field. Humans are way too biased. There has to be some sort of standard with penalties in place to keep order.
ReplyDelete2. I haven't used AI myself, but a co-worker is getting me into Text-to-Image programs which sound like fun. I can see that being a hobby in the near future.
3. I have been going over the URL exercises since we first went over them. I am still struggling to fully grasp the concepts so I'm not as motivated to take bonus quizzes 8, 9, and 10 as I was for the previous quizzes.
1) Self-regulation could work on AI but at same time you don't know what conclusion will arrive it.
ReplyDelete2) Yes, I use AI myself now especially after the cyber-attack in all across MGM properties. Now when we log in to the employee website, we have to use our Face ID. Also, I had an AI bartender when I went to a bar called Tipsy at Planet Hollywood.
3) Yes, I would like to participate in Bonus Quizzes 8, 9, 10.
1. I agree with John Oliver because there are times when we don't understand how the algorithm works and how it arrives at its conclusions.
ReplyDelete2. Yes, I use ChatGPT to ask questions when I have specific doubts about something.
3. I couldn't get to class on time to take those bonus quiz.