Generative AI systems are made of code written by humans, and trained on large bodies of text that were also created by humans. Humans have biases, and those biases show up in the things we create. AI tools reflect the biases (even subconscious ones) of their creators and the creators of the data they were trained on.
Here are some resources about bias concerns with generative AI.
Generative AI tools have serious privacy implications. What happens to all the data you share with generative AI tools? What data is each tool collecting about you as a user? How do those tools (and the people who build them) protect all that data? How do they use it?
Here are some resources about privacy concerns with generative AI tools:
Generative AI tools are trained on huge bodies of text (or artwork, music, etc.) that were created by humans. What rights do the human creators of that work have? Were those rights respected in the training of various generative AI tools?
Here are some resources about copyright concerns with generative AI:
When we use generative AI tools, we don't necessarily think about their environmental impact--but we should! Vast amounts of energy and materials go into building, powering, and cooling the massive data centers needed in order to train and run generative AI tools.
Here are some resources about the environmental impact of generative AI tools:
Will students still learn if they are relying on generative AI tools to analyze and create content for them? What does it even make sense for students to learn, if generative AI tools (or their successors) will be around for the rest of students' lives? How can instructors assess student learning under these circumstances?
Here are some resources about concerns over student learning in this era of generative AI tools:
AI tools make it easy and affordable to generate false or misleading content, including convincing audiovisual materials. When the click of a button can generate deepfakes and misleading articles, and AI is making it cheap and easy to run accounts to spread this content, what does that mean for the future of news, politics, and life in general?
Here are some resources about concerns around misinformation / disinformation and generative AI:
Some concerns around AI might transcend categories, or focus on less common topics:
