Use this guide to access different AI platforms in the context of disciplines. It was created to support the following event in Spring 2023: A Campus Conversation about ChatGPT. Tuesday, January 31st, Textor 102, 12:10 PM – 1:00 PM. Additional disciplines can be added, let us know if you have suggestions: reference@ithaca.edu. The image of Shakespeare writing under a mulberry tree was created by DALL-E at the request of Cathy Michael.
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OpenAI "OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company. Our mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity." - website
OpenAI and Microsoft partnership (23 January, 2023) "Today, we are announcing the third phase of our long-term partnership with OpenAI through a multiyear, multibillion dollar investment to accelerate AI breakthroughs to ensure these benefits are broadly shared with the world."
Academic Writing and Research: AI Based Search:
Librarian Jonathan McMichael of SMU outlines some key areas of concern about using ChatGPT for academic research including: "It makes stuff up." Use the tools with caution. Librarians can help with the verification of information.
You can find numerous ChatGPT alternatives with a Google Search. If you would like to track news on this topic, set up a Google Alert.
A few are listed, below. An article in ZDnet by Sabrina Ortiz (25 Jan. 2023) provides best uses for them (for writers, business, journalism, students).