Using Generative AI

This toolkit by the Centre for Teaching and Learning gives instructors guidance on addressing AI in your teaching.

Describes the various AI-related research projects and initiatives at the University of Alberta.

This 60-minute lecture by Janice Kung (Health Sciences Librarian @ the U of A) describes how generative AI works and what it means for you as a student.

This set of tutorials introduces ChatGPT and other generative AI tools, how they work, and how to use them effectively.

David Nield describes how large language models learn and how they generate text.

Lorcan Dempsey provides an overview of some of the major directions and issues around large language models.

Explores the history of AI, where it is today, and where it might go next.

Rebecca Sweetman and Yasmine Djerbal’s opinion piece in University Affairs describes ethical issues with large language models like ChatGPT, and includes an interactive graphic that outlines these problems.

Lisa Macpherson outlines ways generative AI can contribute to spreading disinformation and describes potential solutions to this problem.

UNESCO's recommendation on the ethics of artificial intelligence focuses on four core values: human rights and human dignity; living in peaceful, just, and interconnected societies; ensuring diversity and inclusiveness, and environment and ecosystem flourishing.

The University of Toronto Libraries address a variety of copyright questions related to generative AI.

This guide by Learn Prompting shows a variety of ways you can use generative AI and includes many examples of prompts.

This blog post from the Perrin Collective describes some of the key ways you can use LLMs like ChatGPT.