AI Basics
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What is Generative AI?
Generative AI (GenAI) is a subset of artificial intelligence. GenAI generates new content—including text, audio, code, images, or videos—based on vast amounts of “training” data, typically derived from the internet. Users are able to request and refine specific content via prompts—inputs or queries submitted to the model. Such technology not only supports creative educational tools but also enhances internet search capabilities and word processing, offering students and faculty unique ways to engage with media.
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The Role of Ethics
It is important to address the ethics of AI. Ethical AI means developing and deploying these technologies with a steadfast commitment to fairness, transparency, and accountability, ensuring that they positively impact society. This is crucial, as biases in AI training data can inadvertently perpetuate discrimination. Whether these biases are intentional or not, these systems and their outputs require rigorous scrutiny and correction.
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Establishing Trust
The trustworthiness of outputs from GenAI systems is a critical concern, as GenAI models can sometimes produce “hallucinations,” false or misleading information that appears correct at first glance. Such outputs require careful review to prevent the dissemination of misleading information.
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AI Tools
CPS plans to integrate a variety of GenAI tools into our daily operations. Public GenAI tools, such as ChatGPT, are freely available to anyone on the internet. Internal GenAI tools are restricted to specific users within an organization or domain, such as Google’s Gemini Enterprise, a paid add-on for Google Work- space. We may also engage with Vendor GenAI from third-party providers, such as Aleks, which require usage and data handling to be governed by strict contracts that align with our District’s standards and policies.
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A Future of Opportunity
As CPS embraces the transformative potential of GenAI in education, we are excited about the possibilities this technology offers for enhancing teaching and learning. We recognize the importance of maintaining the integrity of our educational practices and the originality of human thought. Our intent in creating this guidance is to enable staff and students to use GenAI to innovate and expand their capacity for teaching and learning. We are committed to preparing our students for a future in which they may seamlessly integrate technology and human creativity, and we encourage our educators and students to safely and ethically explore and adopt AI with enthusiasm and confidence.