Writing to Learn, Learning to Write: The Possibilities and Pitfalls of Large Language Models, such as ChatGPT
Advanced Elective Course (Senior Level / 3rd & 4th Years, Graduate Students), University of Tokyo, Project Assistant Professor (特任講師), 2024
Term: Spring 2024 – Autumn 2025
Facilitating discourse around the intersection of writing and large language models. Course integrates technical explanations with public AI reporting to build technical understanding and an awareness of AI/LLM’s societal impact. Extensive reflective practice and student-driven final project.
Learning thrives on engagement. Engagement manifests from value recognition. Value is found and evolves through dialogue. In the face of an upswelling AI presence that threatens to bypass genuine engagement, we must reimagine how we connect by crafting dialogues that acknowledge both the possibilities and pitfalls of AI within our learning environments. Len is a chemist-turned-consultant working at the intersection of AI and higher education.
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