April 9, 2023
Demystifying ChatGPT for Academics – Event Follow-up
Demystifying ChatGPT for Academics
The UW community participated in a panel discussion, Demystifying ChatGPT for Academics, with UW experts in AI technology and in implications for education. This event was sponsored by the Office of Research, the Office of Academic and Student Affairs, the College of Engineering and the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, and the College of Arts & Sciences.
About this Event
Since November, ChatGPT and language models have been on many people’s minds around campus. Wondering about how ChatGPT will impact your teaching? Whether you are thinking about banning it or embracing it, you should make decisions that are informed about how ChatGPT works, technology limitations (both for language generation and automatic detection), and what the future might hold. This panel discussion will bring together UW experts in natural language processing and academics thinking about how to use AI technology responsibly in enhancing student learning.
Event Followup
ChatGPT Panelist List
Panelists:
Yejin Choi, Professor, Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering and Senior Director, Mosaic, Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence
Hannaneh Hajishirzi, Associate Professor, Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering and Senior Director, NLP, Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence
Noah A. Smith, Professor, Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering and Senior Director, NLP, Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence
Yulia Tsvetkov, Assistant Professor, Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering
Luke Zettlemoyer, Professor, Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering
Brock Craft, Associate Teaching Professor, Human Centered Design & Engineering
Penelope Adams Moon, Director, UW Center for Teaching and Learning and Affiliate Associate Professor, History
Andrea Otáñez, Associate Teaching Professor, Communication
Tivon Rice, Assistant Professor, Digital Arts and Experimental Media
Jevin West, Associate Professor, Information School and Co-Founder, Center for an Informed Public
Facilitators:
Mari Ostendorf, Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Vice Provost for Research
Sofia Serrano, Ph.D. Candidate, Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering