Developments in Artificial Intelligence (AI) are happening at a fast rate and will impact us and the society we live in both locally and globally.
This Library guide will help students and staff explore a range of AI technologies and consider how these technologies might affect their teaching and learning practice, as well as their impact on a wide range of professions. As AI is developing progressively every day, you will need to keep up-to-date by monitoring news and academic blogs.
Generative Ai tools have been developed by being fed on large amounts of data and information. The algorithm used provides a set of instructions enabling the tool to recognise patterns so that it can predict the next word and generate a likely answer. When asked a Generative AI tool can write a work of fiction, a poem and create images but it is debatable whether the output generated is a new creation or an original piece of work.
Artificial Intelligence Literacy is an additional skill to add to your toolbox in both life and career. AI is integrated with the every day tools you are using. In your academic studies, AI assists in:
Established news and media organisation use tools to find fake information for example BBC's Verify. View the 'Ai: good practice' video to find out more about generative AI.
