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Understand the tech How does genAI technology work? Toolkit slide | |
Look into the source What data, companies, and natural resources are behind the scenes? Toolkit slide | |
Interrogate data privacy What kind of data is this tool collecting and what happens to it? Toolkit slide | |
Consider limitations What are genAI’s limitations and why do they matter? Toolkit slide | |
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Using the Toolkit to
Explore the Tech
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Using the Toolkit to
Check in with Yourself
Notice your feelings What feelings does genAI bring up for me? Toolkit slide | |
Assess the tool Is genAI right for my needs? Toolkit slide | |
Engage actively Am I using genAI in a way that supports my learning and agency? Toolkit slide | |
Use AI ethically Is my use of genAI ethical? Toolkit slide | |
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Keep Exploring the Tech
Keep Checking in
What new tools or updates to existing tools do I need to know about to inform my use of genAI? What resources, people, and networks will I lean on to continue to learn about AI? How do my answers change when I revisit the questions in this section? �Toolkit slide | |
How are my feelings, thoughts, needs, and skills evolving? Are your conversations about AI expanding or reinforcing your perspective? How do my answers change when I revisit the questions in this section? Toolkit slide | |
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“I don’t believe in any sort of inevitability, whether it’s technology or anything else.”
–Timnit Gebru
Leading AI expert and Founder of the Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research Institute
As quoted in Initiative for Digital Public Infrastructure
“AI is neither artificial nor intelligent.”
–Kate Crawford
Leading AI scholar and Senior Researcher at Microsoft
As quoted in The Guardian
“And besides, ‘intelligent’ according to what definition?”
–Emily Bender
Computational Linguist and Professor at the University of Washington
As quoted in The Intelligencer
“I want to take the focus off what generative AI can do… and put it on what it can do to us. Who do we become when we talk to machines?”
–Sherry Turkle
Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology at MIT
Choose a quote above to reflect on. Why did you chose it? What does it make you think and feel? �What do you want to think or learn more about?
GenAI Discussion/Reflection Prompt
Where do most people get their information about AI? Who puts that information out and what agendas might they have?
What ideas and narratives around genAI do we accept without question? Whose voices and experiences shape these ideas?
What are the intended and unintended consequences of AI? Who is impacted, positively or negatively?
How would genAI tools change or look different if they were built with justice and equity as a core value?
GenAI Discussion/Reflection Prompt
Choose a question above to reflect on or discuss with someone.
Why did you chose it? What does it make you think and feel? �What do you want to think or learn more about?
About the authors of this toolkit
Rebecca Mazur
Sahara Pradhan
Casey Daigle
Suzanne Judson-Whitehouse
The GenAI Critical Engagement Toolkit was created by a team at the Collaborative for Educational Services, a non-profit in Western Massachusetts dedicated to supporting teaching and learning in our region and beyond. Our bios and contact information are available on the CES website. Below you will find a brief expression of our stance on genAI and technology in general.