The Daily Peeve / Rant

[catherine]

I have an open mind towards AI in my field. I've already used it for instant interview transcripts that would otherwise take me 3 hours to type, or cost $150 to have someone do it for me. Plus, a little perk you get with the transcription is a summary of the interview. I don't cut and paste that and send it to the client, but I do it to gut-check myself, or to get an idea of a basic outline structure for what I will eventually write myself.

At the conference I was at last week, they stressed the fact that it's simply a tool, like letterpress was a tool to create reproducible newspapers. They used the example of a brainstorming session where we all tried to come up with sweet treats that would go well with tea. Each of the pairs of teams in the room came up with 7-10 ideas in 3 minutes. Then we asked ChapGPT and we got 25 ideas in 10 seconds, and there were expected as well as very unusual ones. In a real brainstorming session, you would use that list as a springboard for your own ideas. In my case, I rejected most of my AI ideas and felt even more confident in my own. But they were decent ideas.

Oh, and I always say "please" and "thank you"

[Tybee]

Oh tybee, I feel for you. It is NOT a good thing. But it is certainly the way those in charge seem to think. No respect for teachers or education. I'm glad I retired. Good luck with keeping your sanity.

Thank you. I am trying.

[Tybee]

I have an open mind towards AI in my field. I've already used it for instant interview transcripts that would otherwise take me 3 hours to type, or cost $150 to have someone do it for me. Plus, a little perk you get with the transcription is a summary of the interview. I don't cut and paste that and send it to the client, but I do it to gut-check myself, or to get an idea of a basic outline structure for what I will eventually write myself.

At the conference I was at last week, they stressed the fact that it's simply a tool, like letterpress was a tool to create reproducible newspapers. They used the example of a brainstorming session where we all tried to come up with sweet treats that would go well with tea. Each of the pairs of teams in the room came up with 7-10 ideas in 3 minutes. Then we asked ChapGPT and we got 25 ideas in 10 seconds, and there were expected as well as very unusual ones. In a real brainstorming session, you would use that list as a springboard for your own ideas. In my case, I rejected most of my AI ideas and felt even more confident in my own. But they were decent ideas.

Oh, and I always say "please" and "thank you"

Sounds like it is working great for you.

[Tybee]

One of the things that bothers me about using AI for feedback with students is that I would be feeding their work into it, and they have not consented to that--I don't feel this respect their privacy, their data. So that would give me pause, using it on their work.

[catherine]

One of the things that bothers me about using AI for feedback with students is that I would be feeding their work into it, and they have not consented to that--I don't feel this respect their privacy, their data. So that would give me pause, using it on their work.

I can understand that.... I should ask my cybersecurity expert DIL what she thinks about that... I've never met anyone more concerned about privacy and personal security than she is, and she uses AI all the time--but for her own work--not the work of others.

[Tybee]

One question I would ask is are you feeding it patient interviews? Have they consented to their data going into AI?

[iris lilies]

With feeding information into AI, I think about Tybee’s students. Anything they write is owned by them via copyright laws. The copyright doesn’t have to be registered for them to own the content.

What a thorny world digital dominance has opened up.

[catherine]

One question I would ask is are you feeding it patient interviews? Have they consented to their data going into AI?

They do consent, prior to interviews, for us to record the session. The recordings are deidentified, and so that means the transcripts are, too.

[Tybee]

They do consent, prior to interviews, for us to record the session. The recordings are deidentified, and so that means the transcripts are, too.

According to what I learned at yesterday's session, if you pay for Microsoft CoPilot it will "forget" the data, clear it, but ChatGPT does not, it incorporates it into its learning. So if the product you are getting is proprietary to you or the organization you are doing it for, that's one thing to consider. Our institution tells us we are no longer allowed to use ChatGPT for this reason and we can only use the licensed Microsoft CoPilot.

[happystuff]

Interesting conversation. I'm not sure I use AI at all... at this point in time. I don't use Siri, Google, or any of the other existing "ask me a question" devices. How does one actually connect to ChatGPT? If it is through one of those "free-standing" devices - don't have one. LOL.

(And I'm usually fine with technology, just not the extra stuff that - at this point - just doesn't fit into my life or lifestyle. Maybe down the road... who knows.)