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Generative Artificial Intelligence, or GenAI, is a type of AI technology that can create original content – such as text, code, images, music, or videos – based on patterns it has learned from large datasets.
Many GenAI tools are powered by Large Language Models (LLMs). These are advanced AI systems trained on massive amounts of online data to understand and produce human-like language. Thanks to this training, LLMs can quickly generate coherent text and respond to prompts – short instructions or inputs that guide the model's output.
As a result, GenAI tools can answer questions, create written content, and support a wide range of language-based tasks with impressive fluency.
One of the most well-known GenAI tools is ChatGPT, developed by OpenAI. Other LLMs include:
GenAI is a powerful tool with a wide range of applications, such as:
Chatbots like ChatGPT are not designed to replace search engines. While they can help generate ideas and summarize concepts, they are not dependable for finding academic sources. They may produce fabricated or "hallucinated" citations – details about sources that don't actually exist. These citations often include convincing author names, article titles, journal names, and publication years, which can easily mislead users.
Example 1: Academic journal article
Smith, J. A., & Lee, R. T. (2019). Cognitive load and decision-making in high-stress environments. Journal of Applied Cognitive Psychology, 34(2), 145–162.
Issue: The journal name and article title sound plausible, but no such article or volume exists.
Example 2: Book
Thompson, L. M. (2017). The psychology of digital distraction. Harper Academic Press.
Issue: The publisher and topic seem credible, but the book doesn’t exist in any catalog or database.
Example 3: News article
Johnson, K. (2021, March 15). AI tools are changing the way we work. The Washington Herald.
Issue: The newspaper name is fabricated, and the article cannot be found in any archive.
Also, keep the following in mind:
Please note There are currently no university-wide rules on student use of GenAI. Always follow the guidelines provided by your lecturer!
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