AI 101
This tool should be invited to our graduation because it is basically part of our class.
What is ChatGPT?
This AI tool developed by OpenAI can help generate text, brainstorm ideas, and summarize research.
What is ChatGPT?
Using AI to generate a presumably catchy message that you will send to your next Tinder date.
What is smart?
This academic style guide (used in many universities) now offers guidance on citing AI tools.
What is APA?
This AI system, developed by IBM, beat world chess champion Garry Kasparov in a 1997 match.
What is Deep Blue?
This simple instruction at the beginning of a prompt tells the AI what kind of output to generate, like “Write a summary” or “List three ideas.”
What is a command?
This type of AI simulates human conversation and is often used in chatbots.
What is "natural language processing"?
This tool uses AI to find relevant academic papers based on your research question.
What is Elicit?
Submitting a fully AI-generated paper 17 minutes before the deadline.
What is sketchy?
To avoid plagiarism, it’s essential to do this with all AI-generated ideas or phrases you include.
What is "paraphrase" or "cite" them?
This AI-generated art tool became wildly popular for turning selfies into paintings.
What is Lensa?
When you add extra details to your prompt — like tone, word count, or audience — you are doing this to improve results.
What is adding context?
This branch of AI focuses on enabling computers to learn from data.
What is "machine learning"?
This Chrome extension uses AI to summarize scholarly articles and provide citation context.
What is Scite?
Using AI to help brainstorm essay structure but writing the content yourself.
What is smart?
You should always double-check this when AI provides you with data, sources, or statistics.
What is "accuracy" or "source reliability"?
This AI became self-aware and decided humanity was a threat, triggering Judgment Day.
What is Skynet?
Instead of asking a yes/no question, you should try this type of question to get more thoughtful and detailed answers.
Q: What is an open-ended question?
This type of AI does not yet exist and refers to machines with human-level intelligence.
What is "Artificial General Intelligence"?
This AI-powered reference manager assists in formatting and managing bibliographies.
What is Zotero?
Letting AI generate all your citations without verifying them can lead to this problem.
What is "hallucinated" (or "fake") citations?
Before using AI in a school / college / university assignment, you should always do this first.
What is "check your institution’s policy"?
AI models like GPT are trained on massive datasets known as this.
What are Large Language Models (LLMs)?
Saying “Explain this like I’m a beginner” helps the AI do this to the language or content.
What is simplify it? (Accept: What is make it easier to understand?)
This 1950s computer scientist proposed a test to determine if a machine can think like a human.
Who is Alan Turing?
This AI tool is designed to assist with literature reviews by synthesizing large volumes of research.
What is Research Rabbit?
Not citing AI assistance when it influenced your final writing might raise concerns about this.
What is "academic integrity"?
This term refers to the careful and ethical integration of AI tools in research.
What is "responsible use of AI"?
OpenAI has been accused of illegally downloading several terabytes of pirated e-books and other unauthorized digital materials to train its large language model (LLM) from this source.
What is Library Genesis (LibGen)?
A prompt like “Give me three arguments for and against online learning” shows this kind of thinking.
What is balanced or critical thinking?