The wrong way to study AI in college

The wrong way to study AI in college

Computer-science students are being shielded from the liberal arts. That may be a problem. Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Max Whittaker / The New York Times / Redux March 22, 2024, 1:17 PM ET This is Atlantic Intelligence, a limited-run series in which our writers help you wrap your mind around artificial intelligence and a …

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Huntsville conference examines rising popularity of artificial intelligence

Huntsville conference examines rising popularity of artificial intelligence

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) – From personal assistants to high-tech scams, Artificial Intelligence is a powerful tool quickly growing in popularity. On Friday, UAH and the Alabama Commission on Higher Education are hosting a conference to discuss the technology. Hundreds of educators and business leaders from around the state are learning about AI’s impact on education …

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Wisconsin professors respond to AI disruption with new assigments

Wisconsin professors respond to AI disruption with new assigments

Something about the student’s writing seemed off to Sam Harshner. The snytax was sophisticated. The topic choice was advanced. All this from a student who’d barely spoken in the first few days of Harshner’s Writing and Argumentation class last fall. Harshner, who teaches in Marquette University’s political science department, ran the work through an online …

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Columbia Professors Discuss A.I.’s Inherent Biases and LLM Detectors

Columbia Professors Discuss A.I.’s Inherent Biases and LLM Detectors

Students walk on the Columbia University campus in New York City. Mario Tama/Getty Images In a study published in May, James Zou, a professor of Biomedical Data Science at Stanford University, found that multiple artificial intelligence (A.I.) detectors showed disproportional false positives when analyzing text created by non-native English speakers. The study, set out to …

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