Licensing agreements can create complexities regarding ownership and consent, particularly for academic work, leaving creators without a say in how their contributions are used. This raises important questions about compensation and consent, especially as AI technologies utilize vast amounts of training data. Furthermore, issues of misrepresentation arise when students may submit AI-generated content as their own, complicating the definitions of plagiarism. Additionally, the reliability of AI outputs is called into question, as AI systems can generate inaccurate information, leading to situations where fabricated sources are mistakenly cited in academic work. Such occurrences underline the need for critical evaluation of AI results and a nuanced understanding of its limitations.
Students are returning to college campuses this month armed with generative AI tools. One professor who has banned them and one who has embraced them explain why.
This episode was produced by Peter Balonon-Rosen, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Andrea Kristinsdottir, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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