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The recent release of very large language models such as PaLM and GPT-4 has made an unprecedented impact in the popular media and public consciousness, giving rise to a mixture of excitement and fear as to their capabilities and potential…

The recent explosion of "foundation" generative AI models has been built upon the extensive extraction of value from online sources, often without corresponding reciprocation. This pattern mirrors and intensifies the extractive practices of…

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Educational technologies, and the systems of schooling in which they are deployed, enact particular ideologies about what is important to know and how learners should learn. As artificial intelligence technologies -- in education and beyond…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2021-11-02 Michael Madaio , Su Lin Blodgett , Elijah Mayfield , Ezekiel Dixon-Román

The field of AI is undergoing a fundamental transition from generative models that can produce synthetic content to artificial agents that can plan and execute complex tasks with only limited human involvement. Companies that pioneered the…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-02-12 Noam Kolt

The authors of this study aim to assess the capabilities of the OpenAI ChatGPT tool to understand just how effective such a system might be for students to utilize in their studies as well as deepen understanding of faculty/staff and…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-08-31 Lance White , Trini Balart , Sara Amani , Kristi J. Shryock , Karan L. Watson

The societal role of technology, including artificial intelligence (AI), is often shaped by sociocultural narratives. This study examines how U.S. news media construct narratives about the efficacy of generative AI (GenAI), using ChatGPT in…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-07-15 Yinan Sun , Ali Unlu , Aditya Johri

Online education platforms, leveraging the internet to distribute education resources, seek to provide convenient education but often fall short in real-time communication with students. They often struggle to address the diverse obstacles…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-04-29 Qingyao Li , Lingyue Fu , Weiming Zhang , Xianyu Chen , Jingwei Yu , Wei Xia , Weinan Zhang , Ruiming Tang , Yong Yu

Generative AI systems such as ChatGPT have a disruptive effect on learning and assessment. Computer science requires practice to develop skills in problem solving and programming that are traditionally developed using assignments.…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2023-11-29 Kevin Wang , Seth Akins , Abdallah Mohammed , Ramon Lawrence

Remarkable advancements in modern generative foundation models have enabled the development of sophisticated and highly capable autonomous agents that can observe their environment, invoke tools, and communicate with other agents to solve…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-12-17 Gagan Bansal , Jennifer Wortman Vaughan , Saleema Amershi , Eric Horvitz , Adam Fourney , Hussein Mozannar , Victor Dibia , Daniel S. Weld

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies like ChatGPT, have significantly impacted academic writing and publishing through their ability to generate content at levels comparable to or surpassing human writers. Through a review…

Digital Libraries · Computer Science 2024-06-11 Brady Lund , Manika Lamba , Sang Hoo Oh

Generative AI systems have entered everyday academic, professional, and personal life with remarkable speed, yet most users encounter them as mysterious artifacts rather than intelligible systems. This chapter discusses large language…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2026-04-21 John T. Behrens

Large language models increasingly function as epistemic agents -- entities that can 1) autonomously pursue epistemic goals and 2) actively shape our shared knowledge environment. They curate the information we receive, often supplanting…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-03-24 Nahema Marchal , Stephanie Chan , Matija Franklin , Manon Revel , Geoff Keeling , Roberta Fischli , Bilva Chandra , Iason Gabriel

As generative artificial intelligence (AI) continues to transform education, most existing AI evaluations rely primarily on technical performance metrics such as accuracy or task efficiency while overlooking human identity, learner agency,…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-12-05 Shi Ding , Brian Magerko

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) holds the potential to transform the delivery, cultivation, and evaluation of human learning. This Perspective examines the integration of GenAI as a tool for human learning, addressing its…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-09-06 Lixiang Yan , Samuel Greiff , Ziwen Teuber , Dragan Gašević

Recent advances in large language models have sparked growing interest in AI agents capable of solving complex, real-world tasks. However, most existing agent systems rely on manually crafted configurations that remain static after…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-09-03 Jinyuan Fang , Yanwen Peng , Xi Zhang , Yingxu Wang , Xinhao Yi , Guibin Zhang , Yi Xu , Bin Wu , Siwei Liu , Zihao Li , Zhaochun Ren , Nikos Aletras , Xi Wang , Han Zhou , Zaiqiao Meng

This research introduces an innovative mathematical learning approach that integrates generative AI to cultivate a structured learning rather than quick solution. Our method combines chatbot capabilities and generative AI to offer…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-07-23 Aditi Singh , Abul Ehtesham , Saket Kumar , Gaurav Kumar Gupta , Tala Talaei Khoei

Rapid advancements in foundation models, including Large Language Models, Vision-Language Models, Multimodal Large Language Models, and Vision-Language-Action Models, have opened new avenues for embodied AI in mobile service robotics. By…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-11 Matthew Lisondra , Beno Benhabib , Goldie Nejat

Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) can be seen as a double-edged weapon in education. Indeed, it may provide personalized, interactive and empowering pedagogical sequences that could favor students' intrinsic motivation, active…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2023-11-13 Rania Abdelghani , Hélène Sauzéon , Pierre-Yves Oudeyer

Simulated Students offer a valuable methodological framework for evaluating pedagogical approaches and modelling diverse learner profiles, tasks which are otherwise challenging to undertake systematically in real-world settings. Recent…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-11-11 Luis Marquez-Carpintero , Alberto Lopez-Sellers , Miguel Cazorla

Much discussion about large language models and language-and-vision models has focused on whether these models are intelligent agents. We present an alternative perspective. We argue that these artificial intelligence models are cultural…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-05-16 Eunice Yiu , Eliza Kosoy , Alison Gopnik