Skip to Main Content

Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

Getting Started with AI

"One Useful Thing" 
Substack
Ethan Mollick’s substack “One Useful Thing” explores all things AI. In this article, he offers insights and tips on AI prompts. 

"The Rise of the Machines: John Etchemendy and Fei-Fei Li on Our AI Future"
Uncommon Knowledge with Peter Robinson
John Etchemendy and Fei-Fei Li are the codirectors of Stanford’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI), founded in 2019 to “advance AI research, education, policy and practice to improve the human condition.” In this interview, they delve into the origins of the technology, its promise, and its potential threats.

The Ezra Klein Show
Klein’s interviews with AI thinkers and industry players provide rich context for thinking about the domain.
"How Should I Be Using A.I. Right Now?"
In this podcast, Ezra Klein interviews Ethan Mollick on ways to incorporate AI into daily work.

"Will AI Break the Internet? Or Save It?"
 In this podcast, Nilay Patel discusses the near-future of an internet as A.I.-generated content improves.

"What If Dario Amodei Is Right About AI?"
 In this podcast, Anthropic's co-founder and C.E.O. explains why he thinks artificial intelligence is on an "exponential curve."

AI in the Classroom

"Teaching with AI"
OpenAI
Explore this guide on how teachers can use ChatGPT in their classrooms, written by the creators of this groundbreaking technology.

"3 Innovative Use Cases For AI In Higher Education"
Forbes
Contributor Rhett Power touches upon how AI has the potential to release administrative staff from manual tasks, facilitate equitable applications, and even give students a more customized educational journey.

"4 Ways Business Schools Can Prepare Students to Work in an AI-Fueled Future"
Fast Company
Stephen Spinelli Jr., president of Babson College, argues that an education that rests on a set of facts rather than a way of thinking is a mistake. 

"Instructors as Innovators: A future-focused approach to new AI learning opportunities, with prompts"
SSRN
Ethan R. Mollick and Lilach Mollick discuss how instructors can use a variety of AI activities and prompts to personalize students' learning. This paper is still under review.

AI in the Workforce

"When Your Technical Skills Are Eclipsed, Your Humanity Will Matter More Than Ever"
The New York Times
Aneesh Raman, work force expert at LinkedIn, and Maria Flynn, president of Jobs for the Future, explore how soft skills that were once undervalued may prove to be very durable as AI takes over more technical tasks.

Academic Research on AI

"The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Higher Education: An Empirical Study"
European Journal of Educational Sciences
In this article, Zouhaier Slimi (University of Deusto, Spain), argues that the ethical integration of AI into higher education curricula will lead to better outcomes for graduates when they enter the workforce.

Opinion Paper: “So what if ChatGPT wrote it?”
International Journal of Information Management
This article brings together 43 contributions from experts across various fields. Among many other things, they seek to answer the following questions:

  1. What are the opportunities, challenges, and implications related to generative AI technologies such as ChatGPT in the context of education, business, and society?
  2. What are the most important research questions to investigate related to generative AI technologies such as ChatGPT in the context of education, business, and society?

"Eight Things to Know about Large Language Models"
arXiv
In this pre-print article, Bowman outlines eight key points about LLMs. 

"Are Emergent Abilities of Large Language Models a Mirage?"
arXiv
In this pre-print article, Schaeffer, Miranda, and Koyejo explore whether supposed emergent abilities of LLMs are fundamental to those models or reliant on the metrics that researchers decide to use.