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Are you “AI fluent”? Whether we like it or not, being able to proficiently work with generative AI systems is increasingly becoming a job requirement at many companies – despite the fact that data on whether artificial intelligence actually boosts productivity is not at all definitive.
If you’ve ever been let down by a generic, anodyne or downright false answer from a chatbot, you’re far from alone. But Sandra Peter and Kai Riemer from the University of Sydney argue that it’s because you haven’t given the AI enough to work with.
“Without specific guidance, it’s like walking into a restaurant and asking for something good. You’ll likely get the chicken,” they write.
So how do we improve our prompts to get what we want? There’s a cute acronym for that: CATS. Include the context, angle, task and style, and you’re bound to get these prediction machines to spit out something useful.
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Sandra Peter, University of Sydney; Kai Riemer, University of Sydney
Being ‘AI fluent’ is quickly becoming as important as being proficient in office software once was.
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Martin Rudorfer, Aston University
Leading American engineer and scientist Vannevar Bush thought that the memex was the answer to information nightmare of the 1940s.
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Elise Silva, University of Pittsburgh
Whether students and faculty are actively using AI or not, it is having significant interpersonal, emotional effects on learning and trust in the classroom.
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Alexander Kaurov, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington; Naomi Oreskes, Harvard University
An AI audit of scientific research would likely expose some fraud and widespread inconsequential work. But we need to be careful it doesn’t discredit science in general.
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Ryan Leack, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Whether AI can ‘think’ is a different question than whether it is ‘intelligent.’
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Quote of the week 💬
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"The common narrative around AI and productivity is that AI automates mundane tasks, making us faster at doing things and giving us more time for creative pursuits. This, however, is a naive view of how work happens."
– Jon Whittle of CSIRO in his article Does AI actually boost productivity? The evidence is murky
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