Lesson 1: Integrating AI Into Our Workflows
Pattern Recognition Amongst Diverse data sets
As a starting point, imagine Artificial Intelligence (AI) as your research assistant with a phenomenal capacity for language. Yet, it has virtually no capacity for emotions, human vulnerabilities, and experiential perspectives, which are the very things that allow us to connect with other humans. Through this lens, AI is not a system of replacement but, instead, a tool that amplifies our horizons when its information and our own research are shared with the human touch of emotions, personal experiences, storytelling, and vulnerabilities.
For this lesson, we will view research in three phases.
Phase 1: Broad overview
Phase 2: Elaborating on central themes
Phase 3: Adding details to central themes
Through this lens, AI is very helpful for creating broad overviews of topics in Phase 1, and it can be asked highly specific questions in Phase 3.
Nevertheless, our own research, perspectives, and personal experiences form the body of our understanding in phase 2.
For this lesson, we will view research in three phases.
Phase 1: Broad overview
Phase 2: Elaborating on central themes
Phase 3: Adding details to central themes
Through this lens, AI is very helpful for creating broad overviews of topics in Phase 1, and it can be asked highly specific questions in Phase 3.
Nevertheless, our own research, perspectives, and personal experiences form the body of our understanding in phase 2.
Start by choosing a Large Language Model.
You will need to create an account, which is free.
PHASE 1
It can be helpful to start by asking broad questions that turn our knowledge gaps into empowerment.
i.e., What significant events influenced European art and society during the Renaissance?
It can be helpful to start by asking broad questions that turn our knowledge gaps into empowerment.
i.e., What significant events influenced European art and society during the Renaissance?
PHASE 2
Ask AI to suggest a reading list that will allow you to dig deeper into central themes.
i.e., Can you create a list of peer-reviewed articles, books, and online resources focused on European art during the Renaissance?
Ask AI to suggest a reading list that will allow you to dig deeper into central themes.
i.e., Can you create a list of peer-reviewed articles, books, and online resources focused on European art during the Renaissance?
PHASE 3
Step 1. Establish your protagonist(s). Beyond a person, this can be a place or a thing.
i.e., The artist Guercino or Italian Renaissance art
Step 1. Establish your protagonist(s). Beyond a person, this can be a place or a thing.
i.e., The artist Guercino or Italian Renaissance art
Step 2. Identify objective external influences.
i.e., economics, religion, politics, etc.
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overlay another subject
i.e., science, math, ethnic studies, etc.
i.e., economics, religion, politics, etc.
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overlay another subject
i.e., science, math, ethnic studies, etc.
Step 3. Ask questions that bring together the protagonist(s) from step one with the external influence from step two.
i.e., In what ways did 17th-century politics and economics affect Guercino as an artist?
OR...
combine the protagonist from step one with another subject.
i.e., In what ways can we find science influencing Italian Renaissance artists?
i.e., In what ways did 17th-century politics and economics affect Guercino as an artist?
OR...
combine the protagonist from step one with another subject.
i.e., In what ways can we find science influencing Italian Renaissance artists?
Ultimately, artificial intelligence allows us to access diverse data sets to discover if they intersect and, if so, to what extent.
Ultimately, artificial intelligence allows us to access diverse data sets to discover if they intersect and, if so, to what extent.