This week’s readings made me think more seriously about how AI fits into both school and work. It’s easy to rely on it too much, especially when you’re stuck or just being lazy. For me it’s okay to use AI to help organize thoughts or brainstorm ideas, but not to do all the work for you. Tang et al. (2023) stresses the importance of transparency and understanding that AI is a tool not a collaborator noting that “Generative AI tools are nonlegal entities and are incapable of accepting responsibility and accountability for the content.” That hits home because AI can’t replace you. If we’re not honest about how we use AI, it raises big questions about authorship and integrity.

The grey areas with AI is hard to ignore. It can spark new ideas and help shape your work, but it also blurs the line between your own thinking and what AI generated. That’s why we need clear, supportive guidelines. Not rules that punish but encourage honesty. AI has real potential in lots of fields, but that only works if we’re transparent about how we’re using it.

https://sigmapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1111/jnu.12938

I believe AI is capable of creative writing this was my stance before and after our readings and lab in class. I think that its creative just in a different way then we are. AI is like a very skilled collaborator that brings tools to the table but needs you to steer the ship. It is really bad at creative writing when it is just given a broad topic or statement, but asking or giving the AI specific details allows it to work much better. I asked ChatGPT to “write a brief shakespearean style poem about traveling the world ” and the photo below was the result.

I think that it did a good job of using the language I wanted to but this poem is very bland and kind of all over the place. On another note I asked AI to “please generate 3 fictional relatable characters for my screen play” the photo below was the result.

I found that the responses showed very little bias and gave me a good verity of characters. Which was surprising considering the past reading and promoting that we had done before. I believe this happened because, recently I have worked with chat on a few intergroup relations articles that discussed bias and inclusivity.

Loi, M., Viganò, E., & van der Plas, L. (2020). The societal and ethical relevance of computational creativity(arXiv:2007.11973v1). arXiv. https://arxiv.org/abs/2007.11973

I used chat-GPT to help make a plan to train for a 5k in three months. I gave it a pretty specific task with details about me. “Im planning to run a 5k for the first time in 3 months Im 6’0′ 215 lbs and in decent physical shape, but have never done long distance running. Give me a plan that can help me finish the 5k in decent time.” Its first response was very well put together and made sense but it was very broad, so then I asked it “how many times a week should I do each thing.” It then gave a much more specific plan that I liked. I then asked it “is there anything that can be improved in training plan”. It gave me improvements but did not implement them to the plan until it was asked to afterward.

the images above are the final draft of the 12 week 5k training plan

I found that details and specificity is always best when prompting. I learned that if you ask ai if it finished the prompt previously asked that it will often times tell you no the first time and add things that were missed.

prompting help: https://help.openai.com/en/articles/10032626-prompt-engineering-best-practices-for-chatgpt

Before last class and some exploring on ChatGPT, I had very little knowledge about what AI could do. I knew about a few of its simple tasks it could complete like summarizing articles but I was unaware of how precise it could get. I found that it’s used in all kinds of ways from helping doctors to recommending what shows to watch next on streaming services. AI can make really specific and helpful content making it useful in so many areas. I learned that AI is capable of analyzing large sets of data, recognizing patterns, and making predictions based on what it learns. I also learned that when it’s not given adequate background information it gives inaccurate and vague responses that are not useful. Im excited to learn about what else it can and cannot do.

https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/15-times-to-use-ai-and-5-not-to

Hello, My name is Braydon I use He/Him pronouns. I am a junior class of 2026 and a psychology major. I am a part of both the football and track and field team here at Wooster. Other hobbies I enjoy are playing video games, cooking, hiking, and listening to music. I’m taking this course because to fit my schedule, and I what to gain a better understanding of how AI works.

the photo above is of me on top of a mountain last year

I think that AI is becoming a part of everyone’s everyday life, and that being the case I think people should have a basic understanding of what it does and how it works.