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EDGE OF INNOVATION

·May 10

This is not your “traditional” prompt engineering!

Even though the ChatGPT is just a few months old, it’s already shaking up what it means to “prompt engineer.” — I’m putting the finishing touches to ASU’s first ever course on ChatGPT. And I must confess, I have some angst over it. The course — Basic Prompt Engineering with ChatGPT: An Introduction — is designed to develop professional skills in using ChatGPT and other AI chatbots. …

ChatGPT

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This is not your “traditional” prompt engineering!
This is not your “traditional” prompt engineering!
ChatGPT

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Apr 20

What are the alternatives to calling for a pause on giant AI experiments?

The next generation of large language models beyond GPT-4 may present unique and unprecedented risks to society — but is temporarily halting their development the right way to go? — (Cross posted from Substack — read the full article here) A couple of weeks ago, a number of leading artificial intelligence experts — and many others — created something of a stir when they published an open letter calling on “all AI labs to immediately pause for at least 6…

AI

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What are the alternatives to calling for a pause on giant AI experiments?
What are the alternatives to calling for a pause on giant AI experiments?
AI

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EDGE OF INNOVATION

·Apr 6

Join me on Substack

Well, I finally cracked and moved my less formal writing on technology, society, and the future, over to substack. To be honest, I’ve missed writing a focused blog. I started blogging way back in 2007 when I was at the sharp end of research and action around the responsible development…

Substack

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Substack

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EDGE OF INNOVATION

·Mar 29

Maximizing Value in the Evolving Landscape of Tenured/Tenure Track Faculty

Exploring Innovative Approaches to Evaluating and Supporting Faculty in Research Universities using ChatGPT — What does “tenure” mean at a research university? How does this create institutional and social value? How should tenure track faculty be evaluated — especially as understanding of what constitutes “scholarship” continues to evolve? …

ChatGPT

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Maximizing Value in the Evolving Landscape of Tenured/Tenure Track Faculty
Maximizing Value in the Evolving Landscape of Tenured/Tenure Track Faculty
ChatGPT

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EDGE OF INNOVATION

·Mar 1

A Practical Guide to Using ChatGPT in the Classroom

Like many of my colleagues, I’ve been grappling with how ChatGPT and other Large Language Models (LLMs) are impacting teaching and education — especially at the undergraduate level. Since ChatGPT’s public launch last November, there’s been a flurry of articles predicting educational chaos as students use it to complete assignments…

ChatGPT

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A Practical Guide to Using ChatGPT in the Classroom
A Practical Guide to Using ChatGPT in the Classroom
ChatGPT

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EDGE OF INNOVATION

·Jan 31

If you’re going to use ChatGPT to write your academic annual review, why not get creative?

Why be yourself when, with the help of ChatGPT, you could be channeling great writers of the past? — Yesterday I posted a very long article on working with ChatGPT to write my annual academic self-evaluation — a task that I dread each year! The results were pretty impressive — by working with ChatGPT, I managed to get a compelling evaluation together without the usual existential angst this process…

ChatGPT

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ChatGPT

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EDGE OF INNOVATION

·Jan 31

Can ChatGPT take the pain out of annual academic reviews?

I find writing about myself and my achievements for my annual academic review a miserable process. So I thought I’d see of ChatGPT could help. — I hate writing my annual academic self-evaluation. Scratch that, I dread it. …

ChatGPT

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ChatGPT

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EDGE OF INNOVATION

·Dec 13, 2022

Five Robot Movies That Will Make You Cry

A timely lineup of films that remind us that intelligent machines don’t aways have to be bad for the future of being human — Think robot movies, and it’s easy to conjure up images of dystopian futures, dominated by intelligent machines that have decided that the one thing they really can’t stand, is people. Yet there are a surprising number of films where robots pull on our heart strings, and that hint at a…

Movies

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Five Robot Movies That Will Make You Cry
Five Robot Movies That Will Make You Cry
Movies

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EDGE OF INNOVATION

·Dec 8, 2022

I asked Open AI’s ChatGPT about responsible innovation. This is what I got

The just-released conversational chatbot has an impressive ability to convey complex concepts in understandable language — There’s been a flurry of interest in Open AI’s ChatGPT bot since was opened up to the public last week — and for good reason. The bot is remarkably good at providing informed responses and engaging in conversations that feel authentic. Since ChatGPT’s release there’s been a lot of interest…

AI

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I asked Open AI’s ChatGPT about responsible innovation. This is what I got
I asked Open AI’s ChatGPT about responsible innovation. This is what I got
AI

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EDGE OF INNOVATION

·Sep 16, 2022

56 Stunning AI-Generated Images Inspired By The Future of Being Human

All these images were generated by Midjourney using a single prompt. And while it’s debatable whether they are art, they are still jaw-dropping. — I’ve spent the past few weeks playing around with the AI art bot Midjourney, and I must confess that I’ve been blown away by what it can produce. I’ve also come to realize that, more than anything, these machine learning image creation platforms have an amazing ability to unleash human…

AI

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56 Stunning AI-Generated Images Inspired By The Future of Being Human
56 Stunning AI-Generated Images Inspired By The Future of Being Human
AI

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