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Rhetorical Prompt Engineering: A Meta Method for Effective AI Collaboration
In professional blogging spaces, we often focus on the quality of content over design elements. I want to encourage readers and viewers to think about these elements together. This afternoon, I am thinking about a method I developed in 2023, based on my research and teaching digital rhetorics and information literacy. I developed the method…
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From a Humanities Perspective: A Summary of Claude 3 Sonnet “Black Box” Research Paper
Research scientists at Anthropic recently published a paper detailing their efforts to have a look inside the “black box” of the Claude 3 Sonnet model. They were attempting to achieve a deeper understanding of how inputs and outputs correlate to make meaning in human-AI collaborations specifically with Large Language Models (LLMs). What I find interesting…
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GPT Summarizes and Clarifies Colorado SB 24-205
Using the Rhetorical Prompt Engineering Framework, I asked GPT-4o to summarize and contextualize language in the recent Colorado Act regulating AI. What follows is a transcript of our conversation. Please note the specific changes in language and clarity recommendations provided by GPT. For reference, click the above link to the Act itself. PROMPT: Please summarize…
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The EU AI Act 2024: A Collaborative Summary and Word Frequency Count
Using the Rhetorical Prompt Engineering Framework and collaborative conversations between Jeanne and two AI Assistants, we present the following summary and word frequency articulations for the European Union’s 2024 Artificial Intelligence Act. Please see Endnotes[i] for authors’ notes on the prompt engineering process we used to produce this plain-language summary. General Overview of The Act…
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The Power of Collaboration: Enhancing Learning in Higher Education with Generative AI
Nothing new here, friends. We know that collaborative learning has been a topic of interest in the field of education writ large for decades, much longer if we go all the way back to Vygotsky. We know that students’ working together to achieve shared learning goals has a lot of benefits, including improved academic performance,…