Presentation for an Admin Group of Administrative Assistants, Executive Assistants and Coordinators at Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine.
View the presentation here:
What is AI?
•AI, short for Artificial Intelligence, is all about creating smart computers or machines that can do things that normally require human intelligence. It’s like teaching computers to think and learn on their own.
•There are two main types of AI: Narrow AI and General AI. Narrow AI is designed to do specific tasks well, like recognizing faces or playing chess. General AI, on the other hand, is more like a super-smart computer that can think and learn in different situations, just like humans.
How Have You Used It Already?
- Categorizing Email
- Face ID
- Personalize Recommendations From Streaming Services
- Personalized Advertising
- Virtual Assistants (Siri, Alexa)
- Autonomous Vehicles
- Fraud Detection
- Design Suggestions or Analyze Date in Microsoft Excel/PowerPoint
Unlocking the Power: How Can AI Help You?
Writing
- Writing Assistance
- Improve Writing
- Task Support
- Overcoming obstacles or “writers block”
Generate Images
- Illustrate presentations or reports
- Create logos
- Create mockups
Generate Ideas
- Ask for ideas on a topic
- Ask for quiz questions
Create and/or Edit Videos and Audio
- Provide text or audio file and it can create a video.
- Provide text and it creates an audio file
- Transcribes video. Use the transcription to cut out unnecessary words or pauses.
- Great for explainer videos
Writing Code
If you don’t know how to code, you can still create code with AI.
- Code a webpage
- Code a game
Create Presentations or Documents
Other Ideas:
- Intelligent Calendar Management
- Email Triage and Response
- Virtual Assistants
- Data Anallysiss and Reporting
- Workflow Automation
- Meeting Transcription
Tools Shared:
- Chat GPT
- Bing AI
- Adobe Firefly – AI Art Generator
- D-iD – text to video
- Eleven Labs – AI speech software
- Gamma.app – created presentations, documents, and webpages
- Otter.ai – Takes notes and transcribes meetings
Considerations
- AI can “hallucinate” or generate false content that seems very convincing. You must check all content.
- Built-in bias based on what’s on the internet
- Copyright
- Video/Audio: Deepfakes. Should you trust what you see/hear?
- Academic Dishonesty? What does that mean now? Can we detect if students use AI? Should we allow them to?
References
•ETMOOC 2.0. Artificial Intelligence and YOU: A mini MOOC. n.d. May 2023. <https://sites.google.com/view/etmooc-two/home>.
•Mollick, Ethan. One Useful Thing. n.d. 21 May 2023. <https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/how-to-use-ai-to-do-practical-stuff>.
•Wilson, Caleb. “Innovate and Inspire: ChatGPT & AI in Education.” MST + TEQ, 5 April 2023. Presentation.
Other Resources
Wakelet Collection: https://wakelet.com/wake/JIDbWo9uVqqmavTCByosS
Teaching with Technology 