Category: AI
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Generative AI in education and research – RCOT
In this presentation for the Royal College of Occupational Therapists, I explore the key features of GenAI, its potential applications, and the challenges associated with its integration into academic and clinical settings.
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AI tutors are getting very good
I know the idea of AI replicating some parts of the function of a tutor isn’t that comfortable, and there are whole rafts of the more human aspects, such as emotional intelligence, that this work doesn’t go near. But also, we know many students value AI for learning. They value its availability, patience, and lack…
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Ethan Mollick’s Complexifier GPT
in AIEthan Mollick’s Complexifier GPT that creates a flowchart for taking something simple and making it complicated.
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Defining open source AI
Open Source has proven immensely beneficial by removing barriers to learning, using, sharing and improving software systems. These benefits – autonomy, transparency, frictionless reuse, and collaborative improvement – are needed for AI. We need essential freedoms to build and deploy reliable, transparent AI systems. Currently, only a few models qualify as truly open source.
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Claude, create a table from this low-res screenshot
Using Claude to re-create a table from a low-quality screenshot.
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Using AI is not cheating
It makes no sense to say that ‘using AI is cheating’, unless you know more about the context in which the AI was used. ‘Cheating’ implies that students contravened the rules. So just change the rules.
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Building multimodal generative AI into national CCTV systems
in AIMultimodal LLMs integrated into CCTV systems could have both positive and negative consequences, such as quickly responding to emergencies or profiling individuals. The potential benefits and risks depend on those controlling the technology. Ultimately, stable, accountable, and ethical governance is crucial to ensure responsible use of such systems.
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In Beta podcast: Generative AI personas in physiotherapy education
In this conversation Leanne Wiles and Dean Walker discuss how they used generative AI tools like Claude and ChatGPT to simulate patient interactions for students in physiotherapy education, enhancing their communication and reasoning skills. Students interacted with AI personas portraying diverse health scenarios. The practice proved immersive and effective, displaying significant potential for flexible educational…
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Blended Intensive Programmes on Digital Health and AI
ai, artificial intelligence, assignment, BIP, Blended Intensive Programme, digital health, digital health technology, European Commission, genAI, health intervention, healthcare technology, online learning, personal organisation, personal productivity, professional education, prompting, student modility, workshopDuring April-May, I participated in two Blended Intensive Programmes at Escola Superior de Saúde do Alcoitão, coordinated by Antonio Lopes, in collaboration with European physiotherapy schools. These programmes combined short-term physical mobility abroad and online components, featuring topics like digital health technologies, responsible AI use in education and research, and generative AI workshops.
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Claude, give me feedback on my research proposal
Comments from a postgraduate student who used Claude to get feedback on a research proposal draft. Even though the student didn’t have a paid account, the response from Claude was still very useful. It commented on the proposed title, structure, sentence length, logic and flow of ideas. It recommended explaining terms and pointed to relevant…
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Using generative AI for search
Recently, I’ve shifted from using DuckDuckGo to consulting AI tools like Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini for information, especially on technical topics well-covered in training datasets. These AI tools often provide concise, note-like answers, similar to manual collations I used to do. Examples include managing partitions in Windows 11, running beta versions of software on Ubuntu,…
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Generative AI for research – Stellenbosch University physiotherapy division
Generative AI systems like ChatGPT and Claude are rapidly improving next-word predictors capable of generating multimodal content. They share similarities with humans, including biases and hallucinations. Treating GenAI as an expert research assistant for idea generation, literature review, writing, and data analysis requires critical evaluation of outputs.
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Navigating inequity around access to AI in higher education
There’s a lot of anxiety around the potential for student disadvantage due to unequal access to generative AI in education, a concern not unique to AI but prevalent across various aspects. Despite inequalities, there’s a movement towards more democratised AI access, with entities like OpenAI providing free tools. I suggest integrating AI deeply into education…
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What OpenAI did
https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/what-openai-did With universal free access, the educational value of AI skyrockets (and that doesn’t count voice and vision, which I will discuss shortly). On the other hand, the Homework Apocalypse will reach its final stages. GPT-4 can do almost all the homework on Earth. And it writes much better than GPT-3.5, with a lot more…
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OpenAI makes GPT-4 available to everyone for free
https://openai.com/index/spring-update This is a big update that (probably) pushes ChatGPT back into the clear leader spot. Omni’s voice, audio and video capabilities are interesting, but I think the bigger news is that OpenAI is now making GPT-4 level generative AI available to everyone for free. Considering that the free version of ChatGPT was using GPT-3.5,…
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BIP AI – AI fundamentals and prompting
In this workshop for the Blended Intensive Programme on AI in education and research, Antonio Lopes, Hugo Santos and I introduce generative AI models and techniques for effective prompting. Participants explored responses across chatbot platforms to compare nuances in AI outputs. The workshop provided a practical foundation for understanding and harnessing generative AI capabilities.
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BIP AI – AI for organisation and communication
In this workshop for the Blended Intensive Programme on AI in education and research, Antonio Lopes, Hugo Santos and I explore the transformative potential of integrating generative AI into personal and professional workflows for academics. Practical use cases demonstrate how AI can streamline tasks, from constructing lecture outlines to drafting emails. The workshop provides a…
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Generative AI can also generate prompts
It turns out that generative AI can also generate prompts. Anthropic have released a prompt generator that creates prompts based on your intent, which you can then edit and fine tune. More evidence that prompt engineering isn’t going to be an occupation. Sometimes, the hardest part of using an AI model is figuring out how…
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How assessment needs to change in response to AI
These are my first tentative thoughts on how assessment will have to change in response to AI. I have a short series of posts that I’m working on regarding this topic and I’d love to hear counter-arguments to help me test this idea. First of all, we have to accept that soon (if not already)…
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BIP AI – AI in research: Opportunities and challenges
In this Blended Intensive Programme on AI, Guillem Jabardo and I explore the potential of generative AI to support all stages of the research process. However, while extremely powerful, these tools still have limitations, necessitating critical review. The ability of generative AI to augment human cognition represents a paradigm shift for academia.