Sources

• Jay Caspian Kang. 2024. Does AI really encourage cheating in schools? August 30, New Yorker Magazine.
• Policing Project. 2024. What does the new White House policy on AI mean for law enforcement? Here are our takeaways. April 15, Policing Project.
• Isaac Chotiner. 2024. Inside Israel’s bombing campaign in Gaza. April 12, New Yorker Magazine.

Optional (but I promise, interesting):

• Kevin Roose. 2023. Bing’s AI Chat: ‘I want to be alive.’ Feb 16, New York Times. 

So it will behoove you to ‘branch out’ a bit. Think about how innovations in AI could change how we interact with each other, how we are represented in media/social media, how we make sense of news or identify fake news, how we learn or browse the Internet, how governments engage in unconventional warfare, etc.  

On your discussion day: For your abstract, summarize your articles (the NYT piece isn’t required, but it is … strange). Make sure to use full citations for your 3 chosen  sources. Be prepared to look at the upside and dark side of AI (and anything in between). No longer than a page needed–briefly summarize and tell what you got out of the assigned material. And include the sources you’ve used (hint: Ctrl A; Ctrl C; Ctrl V).

I will provide you with the questions the night before (there will be a link to them on this page), if you’re interested, but you will respond to the answers in your groups in class–one set of responses for each group.

You can also email the abstract to me as an attachment.

Link to questions (Word)