Generative AI tools (Gemini, CoPilot, ChatGPT and more)

Artificial intelligence and tools like CoPilot and ChatGPT are a fascinating research topic. Here are a few tips as you work on finding sources and learning more about these tools. 

Example keywords or search terms:

• chatGPT
• Microsoft copilot
• artificial intelligence or ai
• large language models
• generative ai
• machine learning
• chatbots
• Language models
• ethics or bias
• Prompt engineering
• misinformation 
• racism
• Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF)
• content moderation
• ghost workers
• algorithm
• artificial general intelligence
• deepfakes
• AI generated images
• AI watermarking 
• AI generated music
• ai generated art

One way to narrow this topic could be to consider how it impacts certain parts of life. For example:

• Law and legal
• Healthcare and medicine
• Business or employment
• Education and learning 
• Science 
• Publishing and writing 
• Communication studies 
• Art
• Music
• and more

Suggested databases to search for sources: 

Below are a selection of online books and readings on the broad topic. We have more online books, journal articles, and sources in our Libraries Search and article databases. 

Here are a few places to learn more about the limitations and criticisms of this technology:

• Marks, Andrea. 2023. Bestiality and Beyond: ChatGTP Works Because Underpaid Workers Read About Horrible Things. Rolling Stone.
• Bogost, Ian. 2022. ChatGPT Is Dumber Than You Think Treat it like a toy, not a tool. The Atlantic
• Aomuoh, Fionna. 2023. The 6 biggest problems with ChatGPT right now. DigitalTrends.
• Perrigo, Billiy. 2023. OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers on Less Than $2 Per Hour to Make ChatGPT Less Toxic. Time. 
• David, Emilia. 2022. Viral chatbot ChatGPT will be overhyped, then overlooked, and then, perhaps, essential. Business Insider. 
• McQuinllan, Dan. 2023. ChatGPT Is a Bullshit Generator Waging Class War. Vice.
• Antoine, Allen. 2023. BlackGPT: Five Reasons That Black Students Should Learn About and Use Artificial Intelligence Models. Computer Science Teachers Association.

Here are a few places to learn more as they apply to research that faculty or students might do :

• Giray, L. (2023). Prompt Engineering with ChatGPT: A Guide for Academic Writers. Annals of Biomedical Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10439-023-03272-4
• Hill-Yardin, E., Hutchinson, M., Laycock, R., & Spencer, S. (2023). A Chat(GPT) about the future of scientific publishing. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 110, 152-154.
• Illia, Laura, et al. “Ethical Implications of Text Generation in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.” Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility, vol. 32, no. 1, 2023, pp. 201–10.
• Manjoo, F. (2020, Jul 30). How Do You Know a Human Wrote This?: [Op-Ed]. New York Times.

• Biswas, S. (2023). Role of Chat GPT in Public Health. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, Annals of biomedical engineering, 2023.

• Thunström, Almira Osmanovic. June 30, 2022. “We Asked GPT-3 to Write an Academic Paper about Itself—Then We Tried to Get It Published.” Scientific American.

Here are a few places to learn more as they apply to the arts, music, images, video, etc.

• Joe Coscarelli, April 19, 2023. "An A.I. Hit of Fake ‘Drake’ and ‘The Weeknd’ Rattles the Music World" from New York Times
• July 11, 2023. "Ask the Expert: What are legal issues surrounding AI, its impact on the arts?" from Indiana University
• Erik Uebelacker. July 9, 2023. "Sarah Silverman Sues ChatGPT Creator for Copyright Infringement" from the Daily Beast. 
• Clare Hutchinson & Phil John. July 20, 2023. "AI: Digital artist's work copied more times than Picasso" from BBC News.
• Adam Hencz. "AI-Generated Art Controversy: The Future of Creativity or a Replacement for Human Talent?" from Artland Magazine.
• Sara Shaffi, January 23, 2023. ‘It’s the opposite of art’: why illustrators are furious about AI" from the Guardian.