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Music on today’s podcast is by Brad Fiedel from the film The Terminator.

Two main topics on today’s agenda:

1. Anne and I gave ChatGPT some work to do for us, and we’re going to tell you about that.
2. We read these articles for discussion:

• “AI Isn’t Going to Take Your Job–But You Might Have to Work With It,” an article in the Washington Post by Danielle Abril. Click here for article.
• “Beyond the Hype: What You Really Need to Know About AI in 2023,” an article in Forbes by Bernard Marr. Click here for article.

What did I ask AIChatGPT to do?

• Use principles in the screenwriting book Save the Cat to write an outline of a screenplay. Then I asked it to write the first 5 pages of the script.
• Write an MLA formatted paper with 3 sources about using analytics to coach basketball. (prepare a list of sources
• Prepare a list of principles for teaching pedagogy for teaching online writing.
• Prepare a 1 hour basketball practice plan working on principles from Bob Knight’s motion offense.
• Write a student a letter of feedback on a research paper.

We read two articles for discussion:

AI Isn’t Going to Take Your Job–But You Might Have to Work With It

• Let’s try and name a few tasks that we regularly do as a part of our job. For me, responding to student writing, answering emails, writing assignment directions, and planning class sessions.
• I’ve marked two passages to read.
• Are you encountering AI, automation? I’m thinking of parking garages and my plane ticket being scanned. Completes my sentences in Google Docs.
• I’m going to try OtterAI for transcribing this conversation and providing a written summary.
• There’s a line about instinct in the medical profession. Also reminds me of using phone for driving directions.
• Authors using AI to write books to sell online.
• I do think maybe there is the danger of nothing standing out.

Beyond the Hype: What You Really Need to Know About AI in 2023:

• Read the excerpt with the Google CEO line that sure gets a lot of play.
• The capacity to learn and improve.
• Agree/Disagree: Just about anyone can use generative AI to make themselves smarter and more efficient.
• Impossible? We need to be sure that the decisions and operations of AI are aligned with our ethical values.

Some AI ChatGPT Observations:

1. AI is excellent at preparing an annotated bibliography.
2. AI worked well for writing a script outline. Excellent at the formatting. Pretty cheesy and drawing heavily on existing scripts. Not good with puns such as when David Sedaris called his beach house the Sea-Section.
3. The specificity of prompts are important in doing things such as generating a practice plan or script outline. Using the words “modify” or “revise” with our AI prompts worked well to create better products.

Idea for future podcasts:

• Keep going with AI?
• Try a 10×4 episode PTI style? We try to come up with 10 topics we can talk about for 4 mins each? I’d set a timer.

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