Ethical Considerations
In the ethical considerations category, assignments are split between two primary foci—the first engages students in the institutional ethics of using LLMs in undergraduate classrooms and the second attends to the ethical implications of LLMs and their outputs.
- Critical Media Analysis Project (CMAP)
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Whitney Gegg-Harrison
University of RochesterThis assignment asks undergraduate students to critically annotate an existing popular media item using Kapoor & Narayanan’s “18 Pitfalls” framework. This framework helps students to reflect critically on media hype relating to AI, and gives them language to assist them in identifying, labeling, and explaining examples of hype to potential readers. In creating their annotated articles, students gain practice applying their critical AI and media literacy skills, which are skills they can apply to their own lives as they engage with media about generative AI and strive to be thoughtful, critical users (or not) of generative AI products.
- Critical AI Analysis Presentation
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Margaret Poncin Reeves
DePaul UniversityThis small-group presentation assignment aims to further students’ critical AI literacy (Bali 2023) by introducing them to the affordances of various AI tools, while also raising awareness of their risks and limitations. Each group is responsible for researching and testing a different AI platform and sharing their findings with the class. These presentations focus on the function of the tools, but also turn a critical lens onto AI companies’ profit motives, data transparency, and privacy protections.
- Finding Forgotten Chinese Women: Critically Engaging with ChatGPT-Generated History
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Shu Wan
University at BuffaloThis assignment asks students to compare descriptions of influential female figures from Chinese history generated by ChatGPT and in academic writings with those of their male counterparts. Afterwards, students write a short reflective essay addressing the bias in the historical representations of ChatGPT-generated information. With this assignment, students will recognize the risk of unconditional reliance on ChatGPT and other Generative AI applications. Moreover, they are expected to rethink Chinese history from the gendered and feminist perspective.