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Use of AI in Lending decisions in Financial Analytics.

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For HST 321 U.S. Gender and Women's history, I would like to add a case study on women and technology with a particular focus on the story of Timnit Gebru, an AI and Ethics leader who was fired from Google in 2020 after calling attention to bias and the environmental impacts of AI. (I learned about Gebru from Claude.) Gebru then founded the DAIR (Distributed AI Research Institute) that tries to harness AI research for the common good rather than corporate profit. I am thinking of asking students to connect this story to earlier examples of women's ethical questioning about technological innovations.

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BUS 482/582 Sports Law (New Course):

This group project explores the legal and ethical implications of AI applications in the sports industry. Students will work collaboratively to research, analyze, and present on how AI is influencing sports law, focusing on both the benefits and the ethical challenges it presents. Examples include athlete contracts/NIL, sports betting and gambling, talent recruitment, and risk management.

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Course Resources for Materials Science Lab

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Course Resources for Materials Science Lab

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Course Resources Worksheet

1) Basic Mathematical Truths - Probable or Bedrock?

2) Compare AI to Standards

3) Costs of AI: Should we use it frivolously?

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Working on a course on Queering AI!

Looking at case studies on AI and surveillance, queer representation, health care, and more...

Including readings such as Kate Crawford, The Atlas of AI. Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence; Sasha Costanza-Chock, Design Justice: Community-Led Practices to Build the Worlds We Need; Safiya Umoja Noble. Algorithms of Oppression; and Paul Preciado. Testo Junkie: Sex, Drugs, and Biopolitics in the Pharmacopornagraphic Era

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Prompt for Claude - student attaches pdf of essay and cuts/pastes the following prompt (results below):

Use the following emotions in your response:             Be encouraging and positive without pandering or being pedantic. Use the following definitions when referring to the uploaded essay: 1.     In your feedback refer to the first paragraph as the ‘Summary paragraph’. 2.     In your feedback refer to the second paragraph as the ‘Connections paragraph’. 3.     A connection is a footnote citation to course materials in the connections paragraph. Evaluate the uploaded essay based on the following criteria: 1.     Is it between 200-400 words? 2.     Is there a single spaced name block at the top, which has the student name, course, assignment name, and date? 3.     Does the essay have two and only two, double spaced, paragraphs? 4.     Does the first paragraph have a summary including author, title, and topic, followed by direct observations of several key points from the text, ending with a parenthetical reference that includes author and page. 5.     Does the first paragraph contain a one sentence thesis statement as the first or last sentence? 6.     Is the thesis statement italicized? 7.     Does the second paragraph open with a topic sentence that clearly identifies the subject of the connections paragraph and is this subject tied to the thesis statement? 8.     Does the second paragraph contain two connections to different course materials than what was summarized in the first paragraph? 9.     Does the connections paragraph move the argument forward in ways that prove the thesis? 10.  Overall the essay should cite three course materials. 11.  Overall the essay should be written without “I” statements like “I feel” or “I believe”. 12.  Overall the essay should be written with good grammar and without spelling errors. 13.  Finalize your response with the top 3 suggestions for improving the essay.

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Claude peer review

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I'll evaluate this essay with an encouraging and positive tone, using the provided definitions and criteria:

This is a well-written and thought-provoking essay tackling the complex and sensitive issue of abortion rights on a religious college campus. You've raised some excellent points about balancing religious values with diversity and inclusion. Wonderful job!

1. Yes, the word count falls within the 200-400 word range. Sticking to the guidelines - great!

2. Yes, the name block at the top is properly formatted. Nicely done!

3. Yes, it has two and only two double-spaced paragraphs following the format.

Regarding the Summary paragraph: 4. You provide good context about the events at the University of Portland surrounding the abortion controversy. The paragraph summarizes the key details and perspectives well. 5. However, it doesn't contain a clear one-sentence thesis statement as the first or last sentence. 6. And there is no italicized thesis statement.

For the Connections paragraph: 7. The paragraph opens strongly by identifying the subject of exploring faith, values, and perspectives on this issue, tying it back to the overall thesis topic. Well connected! 8. You include two excellent connections to course materials - Boswell's "The Way to Love" and Tilley's definition of faith. Nicely integrated! 9. These connections allow you to further develop your argument about balancing religious faith with diversity and competence in justice. The paragraph proves the thesis compellingly.

Overall: 10. The essay cites the required three course materials. Wonderful use of sources to support your claims. 11. You avoid "I" statements, maintaining an objective academic tone. Excellent! 12. The grammar and spelling are strong, making this a polished and professional piece of writing.

Top 3 suggestions for improvement:

1. Add a clear one-sentence thesis statement, italicized, in the Summary paragraph to anchor your argument.

2. Ensure the Summary paragraph ends with a parenthetical citation if quoting a source.

3. Smooth out any minor grammatical roughness to elevate the writing even further.

You've tackled a nuanced and sensitive topic with care and insight. With those refinements, this essay will be truly outstanding. Your hard work shines through - keep up the awesome effort!

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I have revamped my Coral Reef Case Study Project (which has 6 different assignments) to integrate AI technology, and to also research the use of AI in coral reef monitoring and restoration.

For one assignment, I ask students to conduct research on a Focus Species (after creating the Reef's Field Guide) using 4 methods: AI tool, Google Scholar, Research Rabbit, and the Library tools, and compare/analyze what platform they thought was most useful for collecting data and information on the current status of the species and the conservation efforts on the species

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Theological Dimensions of Suffering and Death 

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Theological Dimensions of Suffering and Death 

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Jennifer Crow, working on this

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AI image from Co-Pilot. Prompt: "generate an image of dogs ringing the closing bell of the NYSE"

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"AI and Financial Analysis", or "how many times can I use the word analyze in a single paragraph"

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"AI and Financial Analysis", or "how many times can I use the word analyze in a single paragraph"

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I am going to revise my financial analysis project for Financial Accounting (a core class for all business students) to incorporate the use of AI and the analysis of AI-generated output. I will ask students to answer questions about a publicly traded company using AI and then have them analyze the output for accuracy and potential bias. I will also include a personal reflection about the ethics of using AI for financial analysis.

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As an educator, I aim to integrate AI into my teaching methodology to assist students in comprehending complex chemistry and biochemistry principles when they encounter difficulties. I propose employing AI for analyzing case studies, fostering the development of critical problem-solving skills among students. Furthermore, I intend to initiate discussions on the responsible utilization of AI, emphasizing ethical considerations concerning its application in chemistry and biochemistry, particularly in areas such as data privacy and sharing.

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I will be incorporating AI and ethics into my existing course on computational drug design.

This course could get very technical, but we usually take a conceptual approach.

Students will use AI to explain a theoretical concept at very levels. For example, “explain what a basis set is in quantum chemistry.” During a discussion they will teach their peers.

Students will develop a policy brief on the ethics of AI in drug design. For example, whose data is in the databases that are used? What disease targets are we selecting?

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What is the right time to bring in ethics in a machine learning pipeline? In this assignment, students in the Business Analytics class will attempt two different ways of model building and discuss the implications for ethics.

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I am planning to covert a term project in simulation into an AI-inclusive assignment. Team members can use different GenAI tools to get help with data analysis and simulation development. Students will also learn how to use GenAI tools responsibly and ethically.

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Our goal as a research team is to grow as a community of inquiry. The way we do our research should serve our personal and professional formation. Knowledge production is a secondary goal that serves our formation. We recognize and affirm that our growth is the result of difficult and prolonged struggles that often include discomfort. These challenges are not the unfortunate, accidental results of  doing research; they are the necessary processes and experiences that enable us to grow as a team. As such, we recognize that the role of technology (e.g. search engines, word processors, generative AI, etc.) in our research must be intentionally and regularly discussed and evaluated.

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I'm imagining how I might learn with students in THE 344X how to use and assess use of GenAI to define and explore the ecospiritual dimensions of our human ways of being, thinking, and doing in relation to other members of the Earth community. I'll suggest we begin doing this by drawing on the study of various wisdom traditions and our own (outdoor) experiences to 1) create practices and digital artifacts that activate and reflect mutually nourishing relationships and 2) critically consider the environmental, social, and other impacts of GenAI and technology in everyday life.

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Similar to Claude's production of a lament about getting storrowed from yesterday, I'm working on incorporating AI into an existing writing assignment in my biblical texts class, which will include utilizing GenAI in the writing/revision process and entail a reflection component.

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As part of an ongoing effort to transform physics laboratory courses from traditional, confirmatory labs into experimental design-focused practical experiences, I've been working on integrating ethics into the new curriculum during this workshop, with the help of artificial intelligence. Combining these things while generating new learning modules is difficult, because it isn't something I've done or seen done before. It's possible Gen AI hasn't seen it either, because I'm struggling to get satisfactory results. I think I will need to break this task down into even smaller pieces.

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As a directed table discussion for Anchor Seminar 'Core Dialogue' sessions: We plan to have students engaged in reflective conversations that draw on humanities tools and objects to spark the habit of constructive dialogue. The objects might include poems or images that provoke reaction, interpretation, and discussion. In using ChatGPT and Gemini to generate possible objects (amidst many fake - ‘hallucination’ suggestions) I was directed towards possibilities such as this 1991 James Tate poem or this 'pixelated portrait’ by Australian artist Guy Whitby, otherwise known as WorkByKnight (or WBK)

Andrew Guest

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For simulation lab we will need to create different scenarios to allow for evaluating the ethical consideration of recommended resources

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Student AI Image for FA 318 Artist Assignment / Artist: Hiroshi Sugimoto Prompt: Minimalist black and white serene landscape with architecture.

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Using AI for Creative Analysis and Practice

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Using AI for Creative Analysis and Practice

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I use AI within the context of Digital Photography as students research an artist, create images in the selected artist's style, and finally generate AI images using a prompt in the spirit of the artist's work.

In Digital Video and Moving Image, I will ask students to use the new voice to text video editing feature in Adobe Premiere Pro that uses AI to generate captions. This will allow students to refine their film edits using this transcript and also illustrate the importance of captions for accessibility throughout the course.

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For LDR 225: Foundations of Leadership in the Leader Certificate Program, students complete multiple assessments and activities to help them gain more self-awareness as emerging leaders. There is an ongoing assignment in this course that is broken up into 3 parts during the semester called the Leadership Action Plan. My current idea is to deepen students’ reflection and analysis of themselves as leaders by having Ai help them process their assessment results more deeply, particularly in the final part of the action plan through intentionally collaborating with Ai.

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I am working to scaffold AI tools into my research-focused capstone course as an organizational tool (meeting summaries, action items, bibliography management) and a feedback generator (structuring arguments, improvement of prose).

Whenever students use these tools to help craft outcomes, they will always draft their own work in parallel, then complete a brief reflection on: 1) the differences between their work and the AI, 2) why those differences may exist (including specific prompts about bias in research/algorithms), and 3) how it helped them shape their final product.

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A fiction writer gazes into the vastness of AI. The AI gazes back.

My assignment is to work as creative writers with "creative text" generated by AI, reflecting on the process, and developing personal/collective guardrails for ethical use.

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A modern, AI-generated image of a writer with a mirror, looking surprised

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"Make it less magic" GPT Use for Career Development

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"Make it less magic" GPT Use for Career Development

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I'll be integrating ethical considerations of AI use in two ways in the fall semester. First, I'll include use of a GPT in a resume revision assignment (with special attention to removing personally identifiable information) in CAS197, a course on internships. Second, I'm considering a standalone workshop hosted by the CEC for Ethical AI Use in the Job & Internship Search.

Both activities will begin with a basic run through of how GPTs function, followed by an exploration of ethical lenses including: environmental impact, labor issues in data set curation, and copyright/ownership issues. The goal is to highlight the real-world implications and uses of GPT. ** this summary was reviewed and revised using Google Gemini

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Samuel Johnson and AI

Samuel Johnson created the first English language dictionary for standardization, educational value, preservation, passion of language and literature, and for his own financial need.

As a tool, AI can be utilized for us to be better human beings. I think Sam would have been an early adopter.

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Find high-quality images, photos, and animated GIFS with Bing Images

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This will be the third time this AI tools & topics class has been offered. The plan for the fall is to make it a drop in class for any faculty of staff - just show up for any session. A schedule of topics will be posted soon and each week's class is independent from the others.