Generative Artificial Intelligence: Selected Resources

This list of GenAI resources will be updated as new, select articles become available. Please check back often, as GenAI is a rapidly evolving field with new information, tools, and insights continually emerging. Staying up-to-date with the latest developments will help us make informed decisions and harness the potential of this transformative technology responsibly and effectively.

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Society

These six questions will dictate the future of generative AI: From the MIT Technology Review, this article argues that the key issues most relevant to the future of GenAI are bias, copyright, labour, misinformation, cost, and "doomerism."

Artificial Intelligence and Ethics: Sixteen Challenges and Opportunities: Brian Patrick Dean, director of Technology Ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, considers the most relevant issues around AI today.

Nine Ethical Concerns around AI: An expert on the implications of Artificial Intelligence on education, Leon Furze discusses nine areas of ethical concern.

Repository of Incidents and Controversies Related to Artificial Intelligence: "AIAAIC's independent, free, open library identifies and assesses 1,000+ incidents and controversies driven by and relating to AI, algorithms, and automation." Helpful for class discussion and for research projects.

Critical AI Literacy: A discussion of the concept of critical AI literacy by Maha Bali, professor of education and faculty developer.

Critical AI: A scholarly journal from Duke UP: "Though rooted in critical methods from the humanities, social sciences, and arts, Critical AI works with technologists, scientists, economists, policy makers, health professionals, teachers, community organizers, legislators, lawyers, and entrepreneurs who share the understanding of interdisciplinary research as a powerful tool for building and implementing accountable technology in the public interest."

Indigenous Knowledges

Indigenous Protocol and Artificial Intelligence Working Group
Offers resources, news and events, a position paper, and more. "The Indigenous Protocol and Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) Working Group develops new conceptual and practical approaches to building the next generation of A.I. systems."

Indigenous Protocol and Artificial Intelligence position paper, written by the Indigenous Protocol and Artificial Intelligence Working Group.
Offers insights and guidance for researchers navigating the intersection of GenAI and Indigenous knowledge.

University of Saskatchewan Copyright Office’s resource page on Indigenous Knowledges and Canadian Copyright Law, 2024.
This page provides information on how to respectfully use, share, and protect Indigenous cultural knowledge and intellectual property in accordance with ethical guidelines and legal frameworks.

Imagining Indigenous AI. In S. Cave & K. Dihal (Eds.), A collection of papers on Indigenous AI, published in 2023.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology News  "Is it wise to merge indigenous knowledge with modern technology?"
The Indigenous Digital Delegation gathering at MIT met to discuss the potential benefits and challenges of integrating Indigenous knowledges with modern technology to address contemporary issues. Includes a recorded talk by Ojibwe Elder, artist, poet, and scholar Duke Redbird: "Dish with One Spoon." 

Decolonizing AI Ethics: Indigenous AI Reflections
Jennafer Roberts discusses citation, understanding AI outside the "Western Technoutilitarian Lens," and imagining decolonization with AI. Published July 10, 2023.

Sand Talk, Indigenous Thinking and Digital Futures
Published July 2023. Includes an interview with Tyson Yunkaport, writer, academic, and Indigenous thinker from the Apalech Clan of the Anangu people, in what is now known as Australia.

Designing ethical AI through Indigenous-centred approaches
UOttawa discussion with Jason Edward Lewis, author of Indigenous Protocols and Artificial Intelligence Position Paper and "Making kin with machines." Transcript included.

Article: Artificial Intelligence in the Colonial Matrix of Power
This Dec. 2023 paper discusses how the structure and functioning of artificial intelligence (AI) systems are influenced by colonial systems.

The Environment

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The Economy and Labour

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Bias, Integrity, Privacy, Copyright

Eaton, S.E. (2024): Decolonizing academic integrity: knowledge caretaking as ethical practice, Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2024.2312918

Studying

Assistive Tech

AI, Generative Production, & Accessibility, by Melissa Clark.

AI for Students with ADHD. Predictive UX.

Goblintools: Magic To Do. Breaks down tasks automatically.

Teaching

MIT Sloan: Teaching and Learning with AI
From MIT Sloan Teaching & Learning Technologies: "Reimagine your lessons and engage students by incorporating generative AI into your courses." Includes getting started with AI, practical strategies, discipline-specific case studies, detection, and more.

AI Text Generators and Teaching Writing
Compiled by the Writing Across the Curriculum Clearinghouse, a wealth of resources, including ideas for assignment design and engaging students.

A Process for Building a Syllabus Policy
From Daniel Stanford (Jan.16, 2024)

Instructors as Innovators: a Future-focused Approach to New AI Learning Opportunities, with Prompts
April 2024. "This paper explores how instructors can leverage generative AI to create personalized learning experiences for students that transform teaching and learning. We present a range of AI-based exercises that enable novel forms of practice and application including simulations, mentoring, coaching, and co-creation."

Lesson Plan: Facilitating the Research Writing Process with Generative Artificial Intelligence
June 2024: "This quick-hit article presents a plan to teach learners about generative AI writing tools and their ethical use for writing purposes."

Humanities-focused: Creative and critical engagement with AI in education
From the metaLAB at Harvard: "A collection of assignments and materials inspired by the humanities, for educators curious about how AI affects their students and their syllabi."

"AI Comes for the Author," in Poetics Today
This article discusses the implications of generative AI on the traditional concept of the author, raising questions about originality, creativity, and the future of literary production.

Assorted AI assignments and readings from Anna Mills

Materials "collected for a college composition course with an AI theme in Spring 2024. Includes readings about AI, guidance on AI feedback, an activity where students fact-check AI, and more."

AI and College Writing: An Orientation for Students [DRAFT] by Anna Mills

"This is a draft document addressed to students that will eventually become part of the open textbook How Arguments Work: A Guide to Writing and Analyzing Texts in College. A grant from the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office Zero Textbook Cost Program via Cañada College funds this work in Summer 2024 under the guidance of Sarah Harmon." - posted on this guide July 25, 2024

Searching

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Researching

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Writing

USask Resources and Tools

GenAI Overview, including information on Microsoft Bing Copilot

Writing and Citing 

GenAI for Students and Instructors at USask

Microsoft Bing CoPilot 

Assistive Tech

AI, Generative Production, & Accessibility, by Melissa Clark.

AI for Students with ADHD. Predictive UX.

Goblintools: Magic To Do. Breaks down tasks automatically.

Academic Articles

Chemaya N, Martin D (2024) Perceptions and detection of AI use in manuscript preparation for academic journals. PLoS ONE 19(7): e0304807. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0304807 

Hannigan, Timothy and McCarthy, Ian P. and Spicer, Andre, Beware of Botshit: How to manage the epistemic risks of generative chatbots (December 28, 2023). Business Horizons. http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4678265

Li, Y., Sha, L., Yan, L., Lin, J., Raković, M., Galbraith, K., Lyons, K., Gašević, D., & Chen, G. (2023). Can large language models write reflectively? Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence, 4, 100140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.caeai.2023.100140

Position Papers

Authorship and AI Tools. COPE, 2023.

Conference on College Composition & Communication and the Modern Language Association (2024). MLA-CCCC Joint Task Force on Writing and AI Working Paper 2. https://aiandwriting.hcommons.org/working-paper-2/

Academic Writing: Theses, Dissertations, Course assignments, Candidacy and Research Papers (Page 4): Western Canadian Deans of Graduate Studies.

 

Publishing

Authorship and AI Tools. COPE, 2023.

Chemaya N, Martin D (2024) Perceptions and detection of AI use in manuscript preparation for academic journals. PLoS ONE 19(7): e0304807. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0304807 

Tang, G., & Eaton, S. E. (2023, August 14). A rapid investigation of Artificial Intelligence Generated Content Footprints in scholarly publications [Preprint]. Research Square. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3253789/v1

Creating

Goold, P. (2024, April 17). Generative AI and creativity: A quick analysis of US and Canadian copyright registrations for artistic works. Kluwer Copyright Blog. https://copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com/2024/04/17/generative-ai-and-creativity-a-quick-analysis-of-us-and-canadian-copyright-registrations-for-artistic-works/ 

University of Toronto Libraries. (2024). Art, artists, and copyright - Artificial intelligence for image research. https://guides.library.utoronto.ca/c.php?g=735513&p=5297045 

Vyas, B. (2022). Ethical implications of generative AI in art and the media. International Journal for Multidisciplinary Research, 4(1), 1-11. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/376717725_Ethical_Implications_of_Generative_AI_in_Art_and_the_Media

Evaluating GenAI Outputs

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Prompting GenAI

CoPilot prompting guide.

Citing Generative AI

Video demonstration of documentation and citation.