New courses in the College of Liberal Arts starting in Fall 2023 will be taught using artificial intelligence (AI) tools.
AI as a Classroom, an advanced fourth-year seminar, is offered as part of the Book and Media Studies Program at St. Michael’s College.
This seminar will address various issues related to artificial intelligence and its growing impact on society, including the ethics of AI and its impact on culture and media.
The course is the brainchild of Paolo GranataAssociate Professor and Program Coordinator in the Book and Media Studies Program, with a history of working in experimental pedagogy.
During the pandemic, Granata, who also founded the Media Ethics Lab and leads the Toronto School Initiative and the 3D Gutenberg Lab, used virtual reality technology to facilitate experiential learning. He sees new AI courses as a way to expand exploration of these new media and learning spaces.
“This is an exciting opportunity for students to explore the cutting edge of AI and its educational potential,” said Granata.
The seminar will also address provocative questions about the role of teaching in the creation and curation of learning experiences, and the potential of AI to enhance learning and promote active thinking.
Using the most advanced technologies in the field, such as generative AI and large-scale language models (AI systems that process and generate human-like language using huge amounts of training data), this course will: We take a customized version of ChatGPT. You are trained on course research questions.
Throughout the course, students develop skills in using artificial intelligence to develop cutting-edge critical analysis of AI from a variety of ethical, practical, and philosophical perspectives.
Based on the late philosopher and professor at T University Marshall McLuhanBuilding on the maxim of “The medium is the message”, the course provides an innovative context for exploring the potential of AI to enhance human agency in previously unimagined ways, Granata said. said.
“By experimenting with AI tools in the classroom, we hope to provide students with a unique and enriching learning experience that prepares them for the challenges of the 21st century, where AI literacy is key.”
