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Today’s workshop (20 Nov 2024):

Large Language Models and the Humanities

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Contents

<aside> <img src="/icons/help-alternate_red.svg" alt="/icons/help-alternate_red.svg" width="40px" /> About: This is a collection of activities to support participants in various Practical AI Workshops. You can also explore them using this custom GPT.

The activities can also be used for self-exploration of generative AI tools and concepts.

Contact Dominik Lukes with questions, corrections and activity suggestions.

All text is CC BY.

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Why reflective exploration for practice

Generative AI tools powered by Large Language Models is a radically new tool that is unlike any other previous computer technology. The most popular tools such as ChatGPT are easy to use but also make it easy to develop wrong impressions about what they can and cannot do.

The aim of this guide is to combine a number of immersive activities that give you a sufficient time spent interacting with generative AI tools powered by Large Language Models in a guided way to make sure your use gives you enough feedback to develop good intuitions about what is possible.

The activities are intended to kick start the process of developing:

  1. Mental models of how AI works and how it can be used
  2. Ability to discern good and bad uses
  3. Fluency to enable practical use

There are three types of activities:

  1. Exploration activities to use generative AI tools for actual tasks in a guided context
  2. Reflection activities to support the development of mental models
  3. Integration activities to support the development of fluency in real contexts