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: Todd E Henley on September 7, 2023
In 1991 I was a youth pastor and I specifically remember being at my secretary’s home to talk about an upcoming mission trip. Before I even sat down, she ecstatically said, “Hey PT, look at this! The World Wide Web!” This computer thing is amaaaaaazing!” I had no idea what she was talking about but…
By: Adam Harris on September 7, 2023
Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a double-edged sword, harboring both immense promise and perilous risks. On one hand, AI revolutionizes industries, enhancing efficiency and solving complex problems. However, its unchecked proliferation raises grave concerns. One peril lies in job displacement, as AI automation threatens livelihoods across sectors. Moreover, AI bias and discrimination are rampant, perpetuating societal…
By: Tonette Kellett on September 7, 2023
Artificial Intelligence and ChatGPT are things I know next to nothing about. The videos we watched this week were helpful for me. I decided to download the app on my phone and take it for a spin, just to see what the fuss was all about. I created a prototype of a letter of recommendation…
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: Mathieu Yuill on September 5, 2023
I have been using AI to write articles, create marketing plans, help me think of what I might missed, check grammar and spelling, create art (images) but mostly, I use it in automation, writing simple code for websites and creating complex spreadsheet functions really quickly. In high school I was one of the first classes…
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: Esther Edwards on September 4, 2023
The year was 1974. My mother was an accountant at a large, growing automotive remanufacturing company in Philadelphia and was asked to house an office with three employees in our home to manage the executive payroll. My father remodeled the basement to accommodate but had no idea how large the office would become with the…
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: Jenny Dooley on September 4, 2023
It wasn’t long ago I found myself in the musty basement of Collins Memorial Library at the University of Puget Sound doing research using a microfiche. My much younger fellow graduate students had no idea what a microfiche was and quickly introduced me to the wonders of online research. I found the documents I needed…
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: Cathy Glei on September 4, 2023
The use of artificial intelligence offers benefits and opportunities, but it also presents challenges and risks. Technology acts as a catalyst that expands the opportunities for humanity to pursue. It is amoral, not good or evil in itself, but can be designed and used for good and evil purposes. Much of its use for good…
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: John Fehlen on September 4, 2023
In 2002, Steven Spielberg directed a movie staring Tom Cruise called “The Minority Report.” I remember watching it and seeing aspects of technology that was so mind-blowing to me at the time. Tom Cruise, for crying out loud, would use this hands to move files around on a large touch screen computer. Absolutely Insane. And…
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…
