July 2024 Meeting Minutes

Actions and Decisions

• Minutes from previous meeting are accepted by the council.
• Council agreed to post minutes to the council page.
• Mr. Dustan Brennan will post before the next meeting.

Key Discussion Points

• Dr. Art Markman spoke on UT Austin's approach to AI in teaching and
  learning:
  • Aim is to be both AI forward and AI responsible.
  • Encourage faculty to engage with Gen AI and bring it into the
    classroom.
  • Created guidance on how to avoid feeding the publicly available
    systems sensitive data.
  • They are building a RAG (retrieval augmented generation) system for
    teaching and learning in AWS:
    • Available to faculty to create "virtual tutors".
  • Make sure "human in the loop" for automated grading of assignments.
  • They revamped their honor code in a positive framing. Faculty need to
    be clear what assignments are for.
  • Dr. Markman gave some more examples of tools being used around
    campus with Generative AI and learning.
• Dr. Christine Weaver raised a question about how UT Austin is navigating
  copyright issues with using Generative AI models to help write content. Dr.
  Markman stated that submitting work directly created by a Generative AI
  model isn't acceptable but utilizing it as a helper or editor is a better workflow.
  Dr. Markman also stated that students are encouraged to disclose if they
  utilize a model in helping create original works.
• Mr. Amar Yousif asked for a link to the code of ethics from UT Austin around
  AI and teaching and learning.
• Mr. Amar Yousif mentioned Dr. Markman's podcast, ‘Two Guys on Your Head’
  to the group and shared the links.