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Exploring Artificial Intelligence in Open Education Contexts (not so scary after all?)

October 31, 2023

Link to this presentation: https://tinyurl.com/2cwzet4j

This presentation by Rachel Bridgewater, Kim Ernstmeyer, Dominic Slauson, and David Wiley for Open Oregon Educational Resources is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 international license. Some materials used have more restrictive licenses. Please note those licenses when you use this presentation.

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Equity Statement in Progress

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GENERATIVE TEXT

GENERATIVE IMAGE

GENERATIVE VOICE

GENERATIVE VIDEO

Images created in Midjourney

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CONCEPT EXPLANATION

COPY EDITING

ANSWER RATIONALE

CASE STUDY�AUTHORING

TOPIC EXPLORATION

VISUAL ENGAGEMENT & IMMERSION

EMPATHY BUILDING

PERSONALIZATION

ADAPTIVE LEARNING

DIVERSE�REPRESENTATION

SME

Images created in Midjourney

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HECTOR

CAROLYN

CHEN

MARIAN

ZOEY

ALEJANDRO

TAYLOR

ZAHRA

JAMES

DAKOTAH

DON

Images created in Midjourney

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Questions?

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More information about incorporating AI: www.codaptivelabs.com

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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Some thoughts about copyright, AI, and OER

Rachel Bridgewater (she or they)

Portland Community College

Copyright First Responders Pacific Northwest

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the caveat slide

I’m not a lawyer.

This will focus on US law.

This is an evolving topic.

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“Does generative AI violate copyright?”

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  1. Are the copyrights of inputs infringed in the AI training process?

  • Do AI outputs infringe the copyrights of the training materials?

  • What is the copyright status of AI outputs?

Better questions

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Are the copyrights of inputs infringed in the AI training process?

Transformative fair use ala Google Books?

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Do AI outputs infringe the copyrights of the training materials?

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  • Getty Images (US), Inc. v. Stability AI, Inc

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What is the copyright status of AI outputs?

This image was generated by Stable Diffusion with the prompt “black russian terrier” and is not subject to copyright

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human-created + AI-generated content = some copyright

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Some thoughts about licenses and attributions

  • Content created by AIs is not subject to copyright and, thus, not subject to licensing.

  • Attribution is not just (or even primarily?!) about license compliance.

  • Your human contributions are subject to copyright and licensing.

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Some more examples of reasonable attributions

"Copyright and AI" by Rachel Bridgewater is licensed under CC BY 4.0 except where noted.

The text and arrangement of "Copyright and AI" by Rachel Bridgewater is licensed under CC BY 4.0, all images were generated by Midjourney and lightly edited by Rachel Bridgewater, any rights present in the images are dedicated to the public domain via CC0

"Copyright and AI" was created by ChatGPT and is not subject to copyright. Details including a full list of text prompts are available in Appendix 3.

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OER and Generative AI:

What can the �future look like?

David Wiley, PhD

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Framing Thought

�The internet largely eliminated time and distance as barriers to education.

�Generative AI will largely eliminate access to expertise as a barrier to education.

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scarce, expensive, and slow

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Z degrees

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OER’s hidden equity issue

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Additional Resources