The New Digital TerrAIn

a look at generative artificial intelligence

 

Join the free-to-attend roundtable discussions on Zoom or take the one-credit online class (UNIV 4133 or UNIV 5133).

Questions: Contact Jim O'Loughlin, UNI Department of Languages & Literatures

What Will AI Mean for You?

Since the public release of ChatGPT-3 in November 2022, advances in generative Artificial Intelligence have provoked excitement while raising a raft of questions? How do AI tools work? What can be done to encourage their ethical use? How will they impact workplaces? What should be the response of higher education?

Scholars, business leaders and government officials from throughout Iowa will address these questions and more in “The New Digital TerrAIn: a look at generative artificial intelligence," a series of online roundtables held on Tuesday and Thursday nights at 7:00 PM at the beginning of January.

 

Links to roundtables (Zoom required)

Tuesday, January 2: “Using AI Tools”

Thursday, January 4: “AI and Governance” 

Tuesday, January 9: “AI’s Commercial Impact"

Thursday, January 11: “AI and Higher Education”

Scheduled roundtable participants include: Dr. Abram Anders (Iowa State University Student Innovation Center), Dr. Disa Cornish (UNI Department of Nursing & Public Health), Angela Cox (UNI Rod Library), Sen. Chris Cournoyer (Iowa State Senate Technology Committee), Brad Dwyer (Founder & Chief Technology Officer, Roboflow), Jason Paulsen (Marketing Director, Harmonic Hospitality Group), Dr. Kyle Rudick (UNI Department of Communication & Media), Dr. Doug Shaw (UNI Department of Mathematics), and Dr. Barrett Thomas (University of Iowa Tippie College of Business).