JOUR J475 Race, Gender, and the Media

Use the steps on this guide to find information to support the research and assignments you will complete in J475.

ChatGPT was only released a couple of years ago (2022). We are still in very early days and things are rapidly changing.

Downsides to GenAI

Generative AI has downsides, here are some things to consider when using tools:

• Generative AI has been known to hallucinate citations. So you shouldn't trust the results without verifying.
• Search engines, like Google AI, have returned sometimes dangerously false information. Again, don't trust the results without verifying. 
• Generative AI has a greater negative impact on the environment than "traditional" computing processes. It causes stress on local power grids and uses much more water, due to needing to cool data centers.

This graph lays out harm considerations of large language models. 

Downsides to GenAI in Research