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4: Generative AI & media

Wednesday, February 07
Friday, February 09

Expanding World Emerging From A Tablet

Guiding Questions

Is generative AI an opportunity or a threat? What kind of media content is valuable in an age that has free access to ChatGPT and social media?

Class Topics

W, 2/7: Guest speaker, Prof. John Behrens, Professor of the Practice of Technology & Digital Studies and leader of the New AI Project at ND

F, 2/9: AI Class discussion with slide deck. 

 

Read This:

Readings with annotations are due before class on Wednesday of each week. All readings, videos, and webpages are available on Perusall, accessible through the course’s Canvas page. Please refer to the Readings on Perusall prompt for instructions. You must read on Perusall to get credit.

  1. Read: Selections from “Breaking the News: Mastering the art of disruptive innovation in journalism” (Clayton M. Christensen, Nieman Reports)

  2. Read: “AI and the News: What’s Next?” (David Caswell, Medium)

  3. Read: AI Virtual assistant example