AI Literacy: Faculty to Faculty
Part One: Findings from the Social Sciences Learning Community |
Dear Faculty,
Recently, we convened faculty learning communities across divisions and disciplines, tasking groups to discuss the emerging implications of AI on teaching, learning, and research.
Many useful insights surfaced. In this series of emails, I'll share a few quick takeaways from the teachouts that each group recorded. The full teachout recordings can be found on the NYU Arts & Science YouTube channel.
With gratitude and admiration for our community of lifelong learners,
Michael
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The AI Literacy Faculty Learning Communities were facilitated by the
Arts & Science Office of Teaching Excellence and Innovation, with funding from the NYU Center for Teaching & Learning and a Google Empire Generative AI Literacy grant.
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Discussions among the Social Sciences Learning Community, along with a survey of the social sciences faculty, revealed:
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A spectrum of views about AI and familiarity with AI tools
- Widespread concern about AI’s consequences for undergraduate teaching, graduate skill development, and learning more broadly
- Excitement and fear about how AI will impact data collection, research methods, transparency, and reproducibility
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Bryant Moy
Assistant Professor of Politics
How useful is AI for tasks often assigned to
research assistants?
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AI and the Pipeline Problem |
Bryant Moy
Assistant Professor of Politics
Can AI replace our research assistants?
What is the potential harm in that?
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Bart Bonikowski
Associate Professor of Sociology and Politics
How does our knowledge base - as
scholars or as students - impact our
ability to prompt and evaluate AI?
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AI as Assistant vs. AI as Partner |
Bart Bonikowski
Associate Professor of Sociology and Politics
Classifying tasks can help
determine appropriate uses of AI.
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Bart Bonikowski
Associate Professor of Sociology and Politics
Thinking about our responsibilities
as scholars.
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AI and Student Assessment |
Cassandra Handan-Nader
Assistant Professor of Politics
Moving beyond the "Cheating and
How to Prevent It" model.
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