An AI Literacy class for information professionals, at the University of Denver. See the Syllabus.

Slides

Introduction to AI in Society

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Technical Foundations of Modern AI

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How to Talk to Chat Bots

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Co-Creativity and Professional Practice

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AI in Information Behavior

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Agents

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Classification and Subject Access, Information Organization

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Bias and Risks in AI Systems, Safety Considerations

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AI in Society

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Policy and Regulatory Frameworks

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Multimodal Models

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Tools

Classification Tool

Part of Lab: Classification Prompt Battle

AI Ethics Voting Tool

An exercise for determining normative opinions on the line for ethical uses of AI, where the group generates appropriate, inappropriate, and borderline uses for AI, then ranks them.

Labs

Labs are ungraded by default, but there is a Portfolio where you submit your best labs for assessment. Portfolio details are in the Syllabus and there is a Portfolio planning page.

AI Tool Evaluation Journal

Week 1

Compare different AI tools on specific tasks to understand their capabilities, limitations, and appropriate use cases.

Bot Don't Kill My Vibe

Week 2

Use AI as a constructive critic to identify potential problems and weaknesses in your work.
Lab will be available on week 2.

Make It More

Week 3

Practice iterative refinement using AI by progressively transforming content through specific lenses or directions.
Lab will be available on week 3.

New Hobby

Week 4

Use AI to assist in learning a new skill or exploring a new hobby while documenting the learning process.
Lab will be available on week 4.

Prompt & Circumstance

Week 5

Design a self-contained interactive experience that lives entirely within a single AI prompt.
Lab will be available on week 5.

Classification Prompt Battle

Week 6

Design and refine prompts for AI systems to classify data, iteratively testing against validation datasets to improve classification accuracy.
Lab will be available on week 6.

Bias Analysis

Week 7

Explore and analyze bias in language models through counterfactual prompting, role reversal, and synthetic data generation exercises.
Lab will be available on week 7.

AI Policy Framework

Week 8

Develop guidelines for AI use in a specific organizational context, addressing ethical considerations and practical implementation.
Lab will be available on week 8.

AI Art Exhibition and Critique

Week 9

Create AI-generated images and provide curator statements for others' work in a virtual gallery setting.
Lab will be available on week 9.

The Big Quiz

Week 10

A comprehensive quiz covering the full range of course concepts, designed to demonstrate mastery of AI literacy fundamentals.
Lab will be available on week 10.