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Generative AI: Artificial Intelligence - Large Language Models

A guide to generative AI (artificial intelligence) and its impact on higher education.

The Good Side of Artificial Intelligence 

A.I. includes several life-changing and life-saving advances. Archeologists have recently used AI to find evidence of a fire from a million years ago. Some hospitals are using AI to identify and treat patients most at risk in the ER and ICU.

AI has also made life easier in everyday ways. We use mapping software on our phones to get around, we take advantage of smart compose in our emails, and AI is part of what keeps our online banking secure

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