By: Daron George on September 10, 2023
Sounds like 2004 Whenever I think about artificial intelligence (AI), I immediately go to the 2004 movie “I, Robot,” starring Will Smith, which explores a future where robots are ubiquitous and highly integrated into human society. However, as the movie progresses, it reveals the dangers of placing too much trust in AI systems. One of…
By: Jean de Dieu Ndahiriwe on September 10, 2023
Introduction Artificial Intelligence (AI) looks like a great revolution that is here to stay and very beneficial in various aspects. I believe AI will change how we do things. I found myself wondering why anyone would see this negatively. Like in any other area, there is no question that potential dangers will come with it…
By: Jana Dluehosh on September 9, 2023
When considering this topic, I immediately could find myself drifting to the apprehensive side of AI. I think I’ve seen too many movies where this type of intelligence could lead us to a place where the machines have taken over humanity. This conversation has been going on for a very long time as machines have…
By: Chad McSwain on September 9, 2023
“Dealing with systems that output plausible but wrong information feels like a very new challenge.” – Micheal Webb Introduction This certainly feels like a new frontier or more like the introduction of a revolution, probably both. A new frontier is the opportunity to explore, while discovering new ways of being in the world. A revolution…
By: Jenny Steinbrenner Hale on September 7, 2023
At my daughter’s graduation from Seattle Pacific University four years ago, the commencement speaker, Skip Li, spent the first half of his speech presenting “The Top Ten Lessons in Life,” and then he took an abrupt turn and used the second half of his speech to warn the audience of the dangers of artificial intelligence…
By: Shonell Dillon on September 7, 2023
AI Oxford Language defines innovation as “the action or process of innovating” and “a new method, idea, product, etc.”. Inventing things is not new to humankind. All the things and conveniences we enjoy had to be invented. Some person was given the idea and created just what they thought was needed at that time. Did…
By: Kally Elliott on September 7, 2023
Last Saturday my husband and I were driving my college freshman back to his dorm after his first collegiate football game. Talking about classes starting soon I felt the need to impress upon him that college is not high school, that using AI, especially ChatGPT could get him into a lot of trouble. I told…
By: Pam Lau on September 6, 2023
If I were asked to uncover the decline of America’s thinking and writing, I believe I would point to the cultural changes of family and parenting that started soon after the presence of television in our homes. When writers such as Walter Lippman, Alan Bloom and Christopher Lasch observed the growing number of people dependent…
By: Laura Fleetwood on September 5, 2023
The adage if walls could talk comes to mind when I consider the upcoming doctoral advance to the celebrated city of Oxford, England. In preparation for the trip, I reviewed Paul Sullivan’s quippy book The Secret History of Oxford[1] and lost myself in Youtube videos about this historic city. As a writer, intellect, and lover…
By: Greg McMullen on September 5, 2023
I have different views on AI than most Pentecostals, especially those in my community. I simply see AI as a tool such as a hammer, tape measure, speed square and nothing more, as each tool is an incredible help in accomplishing a task or project. I believe AI is very similar to the good and…
By: Travis Vaughn on September 4, 2023
Not long ago, the CEO[1] of a certain organization had to give a speech. That speech would be recorded and played for incoming trainees connected to a particular field of study and a particular university. I asked the CEO about that recording, after he told me he used AI to help write the speech. Three…
By: David Beavis on September 4, 2023
Much is written on the Diffusion of Innovation (DOI) Theory. There is a curve with five kinds of people distributed. They are the innovators, the early adopters, early majority, late majority, and the laggers.[1] Everything inside of me wants to think of myself as an innovator or early adopter. My track-record says late majority or…
By: Kristy Newport on September 4, 2023
How might Artificial Intelligence present dangers, limitations, or possibilities in my academic pursuit? I will attempt to answer this question in this blog. I have not been acquainted with AI and how I might make use of it as a student prior to this assignment. It was helpful to look at definitions of AI. “AI,…
By: Jennifer Vernam on September 4, 2023
Along with seemingly everyone else, I recently saw the Barbie movie with my sons. There was a comment from the film that called attention to a truth: when we humans try to solve a problem, we frequently create new problems. In the context of the movie, they were talking about patriarchy (and the creation of…
By: Kally Elliott on September 4, 2023
The history and information in Paul Sullivan’s The Secret History of Oxford is vast and detailed and after reading through it I found I could only retain a few facts. However, it will be a great book to have on hand when visiting Oxford. Fact vs History Speaking of facts, the history of Oxford is…
By: Becca Hald on September 4, 2023
My husband and I recently had dinner with a close friend and his twelve year old son, Johnny.[1] We started talking about Chat GPT. Johnny told us that one of his classmates claimed to have used Chat GPT for every assignment the previous year with great success. I know Johnny to be prone to exaggeration.…
By: Russell Chun on September 4, 2023
Искусственный интеллект – тьма и свет – (Russian) – Artificial Intelligence – Dark and Light (Google Translate) Summary (before you read) Part 1. AI – Initial task, “The Creator – A Film”, responding to the fear. Part 2. AI – Weapons, at the US Northern Border & AI at the Southern Border. Part 3. AI…
By: Tim Clark on September 4, 2023
The phrase “Artificial Intelligence” makes me think about the Terminator films, in which John and Sarah Connor are trying to stop Judgement Day, the day computers become self-aware… …or the Matrix where the singularity quickly leads to the machine uprising, with AI dominating and tricking humans into believing the world they experience is real when…
By: Kim Sanford on September 3, 2023
“Humans have been collaborating with technology for writing since sticks were used for drawing in sand or on cave walls.” [1] The expanding use of technology in higher education is inevitable. The question is how to use it well. The most obvious pitfalls include the potential for plagiarism and consequently that students will undermine their…
By: Chad McSwain on September 2, 2023
It is true that Americans do not know what old is. My teenage children often say that I am “old” after all. Ageism aside, being a sub-250 year old country, does not lend one to truly fathom the age and history of a 1,111 year old (or more) city like Oxford [1]. It can certainly…
