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Artificial Intelligence

This guide is a basic overview of Artificial Intellegence through the lens of student research in an academic library.

Generative AI Research Tools

  • Microsoft Copilot
    • Included in your Xavier Microsoft suite. A free, web-based AI companion that provides answers to questions, analyzes data, and offers inspiration. It's based on large language models (LLMs) and text-to-image models, and uses the Bing search service to provide up-to-date information
  • ResearchRabbit
    • Search for papers and authors, monitor new literature, visualize research landscapes, and collaborate with colleagues.” -Mission statement
    • Free and search powered by PubMed and Semantic Scholar
  • Semantic Scholar
    • Free, AI-driven search and discovery tools, and open resources for the global research community.
  • Keenious
    • Analyzes inputs (text, URL, pdf) to find relevant scholarly articles and related topics
    • Free for core features with limited results and analysis, $10/month for expanded results and unlimited analysis.

4 P’s of Prompting
1. Priming–Give it context.
2. Purpose–Give it a task.
3. Persona-Give it a descriptive profile.
4. Prompt Tuning –Iterate, separate
For example:

You are a Google Cloud program manager (1). Draft an executive summary email to (2) [persona] based on [details about relevant program docs] (3). Limit to bullet points (4)

https://services.google.com/fh/files/misc/gemini-for-google-workspace-prompting-guide-101.pdf

Prompting Tips

  • Use natural language.
    • Write as if you’re speaking to another person.
    • Express complete thoughts in full sentences.
  • Be specific and iterate.
    • Tell the program what you need it to do (summarize, write, change the tone, create).
    • Provide as much context as possible.
  • Be concise and avoid complexity.
    • State your request in brief —but specific —language. Avoid jargon.
    • Most successful prompts average 21 words, but most people post only 9-word prompts.
  • Make it a conversation.
    • Fine-tune your prompts if the results don’t meet your expectations or if you believe there’s room for improvement.
    • Use follow-up prompts and an iterative process of review and refinement to yield better results

https://services.google.com/fh/files/misc/gemini-for-google-workspace-prompting-guide-101.pdf

  • Protect confidential data
    • Do not enter personal or confidential data into publicly-available Generative AI tools. Information shared with Generative AI tools using default settings is not private and could expose proprietary or sensitive information to unauthorized parties.
  • Review content before publication
    • AI-generated content can be inaccurate, misleading, or entirely fabricated (sometimes called “hallucinations”) or may contain copyrighted material. You are responsible for any content that you publish that includes AI-generated material.
  • Adhere to existing academic policy
    • Review Xavier’s student and faculty handbooks and policies. Xavier will be developing and updating their policies as we better understand the implications of using Generative AI tools. In the meantime, faculty should be clear with students they’re teaching and advising about their policies on permitted uses, if any, of Generative AI in classes and on academic work.Students are also encouraged to ask their instructors for clarification about these policies as needed.
  • Be alert for phishing
    • Generative AI has made it easier for malicious actors to create sophisticated phishing emails and “deepfakes” (i.e., video or audio intended to convincingly mimic a person’s voice or physical appearance without their consent) at a far greater scale.

https://huit.harvard.edu/ai/guidelines