Re: Some advice please re. ChatGPT

I am a SFU researcher/prof in the AI space and surely know and teach these systems - so if consulting is needed.

My lab writes these systems (NSERC/MITACS granted) for studies, health and education coaches as well as for the arts. And I give keynote talks (and TV interviews) about the ethical issues

So I can discuss with a group what they can do now and in the future.

-steve

For those interested in what we do at SFU with them:

video Here is some work where I am chatting real time with Picasso: video (from a talk in Cambridge Conf)

We are in talks for a project where visitors can talk live to Van Gogh about his life for the Van Gogh Museum.

(and with the philosophy comment in mind)

El Turco I recently completed a large art installation for the Japan Triennial (with artist Diemut Strebe) that showed the issues with these systems where our "Socrates" debating our GPT system in 17 dialogues.

It is both right on and not at all at the same time. El Turco (see videos of the dialogues)

Again, I can help with this effort of understanding issues with plagiarism (as well as tools and more so effort for our students to understand how AI works and its implications)

Note the visual space ( AI visual generation) equally has issues for us.

steve

- Steve DiPaola, PhD - -
- Prof: Sch of Interactive Arts & Technology (SIAT);

- Past Director: Cognitive Science Program;

- - Simon Fraser University - - -

research site: ivizlab.sfu.ca

art work site: www.dipaola.org/art/

our book on: AI and Cognitive Virtual Characters
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On Wed, Dec 28, 2022 at 12:57 PM James Fleming <james_fleming@sfu.ca> wrote:

Coincidentally those of us currently serving as departmental Academic Integrity Advisors are having a chat about this issue on our own list--not with regard to policy, but pedagogy and evaluation. Would there be interest in broadening the discussion? JDF

James Dougal Fleming

Professor, Department of English

Simon Fraser University

Burnaby/Vancouver,

British Columbia,

Canada.

The truth is an offence, but not a sin.

-- Bob Marley

From: Sam Black <samuel_black@sfu.ca>
Sent: December 28, 2022 12:24 PM
To: academic-discussion@sfu.ca
Subject: Some advice please re. ChatGPT

Hi All,

Does anyone know if some policy guidelines have been issued by SFU re. ChatGPT and academic dishonesty. Specifically, what would SFU accept as dispositive evidence that an essay had been generated using ChatGPT or similar AI software? Obviously, it will be impossible to introduce as evidence materials that have been cut and pasted without acknowledgement.

In this vein, I recently had a chat with an engineering student (but not an SFU student!) who received an A+ on an assignment using ChatGPT.

The software could not generate an A+ paper in Philosophy (of course not!). For the moment, I'm mostly concerned with suspicious C+ papers.

Thanks in advance,

Sam

Sam Black

Assoc. Prof. Philosophy, SFU

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