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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 event link

Geekwire article

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