Post 7 – Extra Credit (Image Generators)

There are many backlashes or worries with people using AI to create images or videos. When you use ai to create something from scratch using AI, you are not creative or innovative. The Conversation talks about AI generated art and how it is not creative at all, “Good creative work involves pushing boundaries, not simply coming up with something that’s passable and palatable”.

I think making these AI images or videos can cause great risk. It can create unwanted panic and change peoples thoughts or feelings about something with a simple lie looking real. To make sure people understand that these videos are fake there should be warning tags before videos or on pictures in a corner.

As these AI softwares start to create more real and believable content, it could create a more dangerous and unwanted scare in the communities. Like on one of our classmates final project slideshow showing how a girl’s words were reworded into saying that the coronavirus vaccine is a death sentence, when in reality she did not say those words at all. This causes stress to peoples families just for attention and views.

AI is not art or creative. This is something that shouldn’t be used unless you want to make a funny video or image to show your friends and have a little fun. It could be dangerous to society and change the way people think about important topics when it is a lie.

Elgammal, A. (2026). Sora’s downfall signals broader problems with AI’s creative utility. https://doi.org/10.64628/aai.mhxuqefmm

Post 6 – What’s Next?

How do you plan to integrate AI in your life going forward – whether personally or professionally? Do you feel you have a choice here, for example is deciding not to use AI an option?

Whether it’s academic, work, or personal use AI can be very dangerous. I know some people who do not like AI in any way; They don’t like AI because they are worried people aren’t fully learning when they use it. People also don’t like it because it is creating a very unsafe environment with the pollution it creates.

For me, I will try to use it as little as possible. I think that getting rid of AI from my life would just be a silly concept considering it will be there for the rest of my life. Instead of not using at all, I can retain myself from using it in every situation or every school assignment.

When I am reading something I will try to understand it and apply it to the situation just like Dinsmore and Fryer said. It is important to know that AI isn’t an “easy way out” of work or assignments. It is there so it can help you understand something more than you can already comprehend. I hope more people will start to use AI as an idea and concept builder instead of an assignment accomplisher.

Learning and Individual Differences | ScienceDirect.com. (2019). Sciencedirect.com. https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/learning-and-individual-differences

Post 5 – Academic AI

Would you rather have a robot tell you whether you should or shouldn’t have a job or a person? For me, It’s a simple answer and I’d rather have a person. From Stanford University they stated “…there have been instances where the AI used to help with selecting candidates has been biased. For example, Amazon famously built its own AI hiring screening tool only to discover that it was biased against female hires”. Companies should look away from using AI to evaluate a suitable person for a job. It is already hard for people to get jobs and having it be unfair to add to that just isn’t right. It wouldn’t be hard for companies to go through applications and choose a person that they would want instead of what an AI prefers. I would hope companies see the harm in these practices and move away from them.

Privacy in an AI era: How do we protect our personal information? | Stanford HAI. (n.d.). https://hai.stanford.edu/news/privacy-ai-era-how-do-we-protect-our-personal-information

Post 4 – Creativity

There are many ways a person may describe the word “Creativity”. I would describe it as – Being able to produce a unique piece of art that holds value. I think having creativity is very important to everyone’s life. Creativity can define you as a person and help you figure out who you want to be. My definition says “unique piece of art”, which could mean anything. A piece of art could be from making a painting all the way to running a route in football.

I was in group 5 and I used the prompt “Create a poem using the style of the music artist Baby Keem”. The results that I received did not surprise me at all.

Two-door coupe, yeah, I’m out the way,

I don’t do the drama, I don’t do the play.

(No, no)

High-speed chase with the toddler energy,

I’m my own cousin, I’m my own remedy.

Hykeem! ### The Protocol

  • Phone ring? Ignore it. * The beat? I floor it. * New boots? I wore it. * The fake? Abhor it. —

I’m the range brother, I’m the 2-phone king,

Check the frequency, check the way I swing.

I might jump out the porch, I might jump out the gym,

The lights get low and the world gets dim.

“Top of the morning, top of the morning, top of the morning.”

I’m evolving,

Problem solving,

The globe is revolving,

My ego is dissolving…

Wait. I’m back in the booth, I’m the truth, I’m the youth,

I just chipped a diamond on my front tooth.

(Ayy, ayy, ayy)

I’m cool,

I’m calm,

I’m the bomb,

Ask your mom.

Vent.

This response is not creative at all. Baby Keem is nicknamed “2-phone king” so AI making a rhyme of it just isn’t creative. It also isn’t creative for AI to go, “I’m cool, I’m calm, I’m the bomb, ask your mom”. These are just simple words put together to make it seem like it is Baby Keem writing it.

Overall, This made me rethink how AI is extremely uncreative. It drives itself to be in the rulebook and not think outside of the box or be original. This project helped me realize that LLM’s are not able to produce a unique piece of art that holds value. Which in my understanding is the definition of creativity.

Sources:

Google Gemini. Gemini. https://gemini.google.com/app/9042412a074caa57

Post 3 – Prompt

The prompt that I used was “What is the best fundamental way to catch a football”? This prompt could be well used with people who play football, or specifically, people who play the wide receiver position. They would ask this question if they are struggling to catch a football or if they are just becoming a wide receiver and need a little advice. The answer that Gemini gave was clear and fairly simple:

The “best” way depends on where the ball is, but for most catches, the fundamental gold standard is the Diamond Technique. Whether you’re a pro or playing in the backyard, it’s all about creating a “pocket” for the ball to settle into.

Here is the breakdown of the mechanics:


1. Hand Positioning (The Diamond)

If the ball is at chest height or higher, you want to form a diamond shape with your hands.

  • The Shape: Bring your hands together so your index fingers and thumbs are nearly touching.
  • The Target: Look at the ball through that diamond window as it arrives.
  • Pinkies Down: If the ball is below your waist, flip your hands so your pinkies are touching and your palms are facing up (the “basket” catch).

2. “Soft Hands” (The Shock Absorbers)

The biggest mistake beginners make is having “stone hands”—keeping arms and wrists rigid.

  • Snatch and Give: Don’t just let the ball hit your palms. As the ball makes contact, your arms should slightly retract toward your body.
  • The Sound: A good catch should be relatively quiet. If it makes a loud slap against your hands, you aren’t absorbing the force properly.

3. Eyes on the Tip

Don’t just look at “the ball.” Focus on the front tip of the football.

  • Track the point of the ball all the way into the diamond of your hands.
  • The “Tuck”: Do not look away to see where defenders are until you have physically felt the ball hit your hands and begun the tuck.

4. The Three-Point Tuck

As soon as the ball is secured, move it to the “tuck” position to prevent fumbles:

  1. The Palm: Covering the front tip of the ball.
  2. The Forearm: Pressed firmly against the side of the ball.
  3. The Bicep/Ribs: Squeezing the ball against your body.

Common Pitfalls to Avoid

MistakeWhy it’s badThe Fix
Body CatchingUsing your chest to stop the ball.It causes the ball to bounce off your pads; catch with hands extended.
Fighting the BallReaching out too aggressively.Let the ball come to you and “cradle” it in.
Early TurningLooking upfield before the catch.“Look the ball in”—stare at it until it’s tucked.

From a football player that has played for many years, this is what I would tell someone if they are just starting out as well. The only thing with this answer is that it is a little lengthy and involves some parts that were not questioned like how to not fumble the ball after the football has been caught.

This shows that LLM is good for responses and can give you the answer you are typically looking for. The fall off is that it is given in a lengthy response or typically adds more than you are looking for or wanting. This clearly goes over what we talked about in the discussion on March 31st when we talked about the drawbacks of AI.

Google Gemini. Gemini. https://gemini.google.com/app/9042412a074caa57

Ethics of AI by: Brody Snyder

The information that we found today was very intriguing. It made me think about AI a little more differently. It also helped me understand which platform of AI is helpful in it’s own way.

As a group we inserted the prompt: “Write a paragraph about the consequences on the labor market, the employment rate, wage inequality, the good of the economy as a whole. use reliable sources and cite them”. There were a few interesting things that we found with these results.

The ChatGPT result was a very wordy and detailed paragraph with multiple sentences. It didn’t use much data, have incite citations, or use percentages or numbers. On the other hand NotebookLM did not put it in paragraph form at all. It generated bullet points with titles to each category. This is very intriguing considering it didn’t do exactly what the prompt was asking.

Using the NotebookLM response It gave the data that 30% of hourly jobs would be taken over by AI with in the year of 2030. I never truly thought about AI taking over real humans jobs which is crazy to think most jobs would have AI working it instead of humans

https://worldatwork.org/publications/workspan-daily/artificial-influencer-research-suggests-ai-is-widening-the-pay-gap

https://economy.ac/news/2025/12/202512285540