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Ohio University Faculty Members Discuss AI Slop
Alex Semancik writes the following in “What Is ‘AI Slop’: OHIO AI Faculty Experts Explain” for Ohio University:Co-Director of Ohio University’s Human-First AI Initiative Paul Shovlin, Ph.D., said it best, ‘AI is what we make of it.’ … He says that AI literacy is extremely important in terms of educating people about the harms of AI slop, and helping them formulate more holistic, informed understandings of artificial intelligence in general. … If AI slop is ‘digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of artificial intelligence,’ then responsible generative artificial intelligence usage is productive, thoughtful, task-oriented and human-centered. [The participants in the article] all believe that the benefits of responsible GenAI use ultimately outweigh the harm of AI slop. However attentive, mindful human intervention is ultimately required to reap those benefits in the first place. For more information, read the article.
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