ChatGPT & DALL-E ...doing Homework ....to Challenging Democracy

Topic Introduction

Here is a 7 minute introduction to our topic

Crtical Thinking Areas: As you see the videos and reading, please think about...

1. Specifically: How will this effect education? ...students' ability to "critically think"? 2. Specifically: How will this effect your career choice? 3. Generally: How will believable misinformation (ChatGPT/"Deep Fakes") effect society?

Lecture: How ChatGPT works & its limitations

50+ Uses of ChatGPT; Uses in Education; ZDnet Limitations
Please click here.for PowePoint Summary

This describes ChatGPT is, what it can do, the future, etc

David Pogue, New York Times; Prof. Brynjolfsson; Prof. Rozenzweig

ChatGPT: Anderson Cooper interview Prof. Scott Galloway

Cooper's ChatGPT "trick" on the viewers: Is Galloway an expert on A.I.? Galloway mentions, "free elections" & "1/3 of us get news on social media"

Optional Video: How to write a paper with ChatGPT

This is a step-by-step example of how to use ChatGPT

Reading Assignments: There quiz will be from the first 2 assignments

 Patryk Miszcak's List of 50+ Uses for ChatGPT
        Erik Brynjolfsson's ChatGPT Podcast to Microsoft: Edited Version Required; Full Podcast Optional
        This article concerns criticism of AI & how various contries are reacting.
        This article is about the "doomsday" to "utopia" opinions in California's Silicon Valley

Here is OpenAI's Description of DALL-E

Confusing: "tree bark" ...Change Image: "madonna w/ mohawk", etc.

Optional: 14:33 video which introduces the next 1:00 video

This 14:33 video has images created by artist/designer and by DALL-E.
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Required: 1:00 video on job loss & owenership

DALL-E's effect on artists' jobs & on copyright law (owership)

Class Flow Chart: Here is a tentative plan for the class:

Here is a tentative plan of the class. We may change it depending on the length of our discussions