Writing and Representing Ourselves in the Time of GenAI

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Generative AI promises to help us with some of the greatest challenges in healthcare, education, finance, and more. However, how can we ensure that we benefit from a more ethical & human-centered use of this technology that encompasses and benefits all humans? In this class, we will engage in meaningful discussions and learn how to critically examine the far-reaching socio-cultural and linguistic impacts GenAI tools have on daily interactions, as well as far-reaching global impacts. You will have the opportunity to reflect more deeply on the potential challenges that GenAI can pose in terms of reinforcing stock-narratives or images about marginalized groups and investigate the ways certain GenAI tools have exhibited forms of racial, gender or language-based bias. Via course readings, guest-lecture visits, and course assignments you will increase your awareness and find practical solutions that address the normative narratives that feed Generative AI tools. https://pwrcourses.stanford.edu/advancedpwr/pwr91nf This course does not fulfill the Write 1 or the Write 2 writing requirement.