AI Literacy
Why do I need to learn this?
With the rapid development of generative AI, or generative artificial intelligence, since the end of 2022, tools using Large Language Models or generative art have become freely available and offer images and text which students may want to use in their study and their assignments. You may also find they are increasingly used in the workplace and need to be prepared for that.
It is important to grasp how these AI tools work in order to avoid any possibility of plagiarism. It is also important to understand whether it is ethical to use them at all for a variety of reasons.
These pages will help you:
- recognize AI in the world around you and have an appreciation of its impact;
- recognize different kinds of AIs;
- understand how AI works at a basic level and how much intelligence AI has;
- understand AIs’ strengths and weaknesses;
- better develop your prompt engineering;
- consider various ethical issues such as hallucinations, bias, accountability, transparency, and reasonable academic use.
See also our Library Guide on Using Generative AI in coursework or research: