The Daily Tar Heel
UNC System pilots new optional 'Foundational AI Skills Course'
The course will be officially launched after revisions performed over the summer, but UNC has not yet decided how to utilize it.
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AI Skills
Using quickly-changing tools to make my life easier, without sacrificing creativity.
My Approach
I see AI as a tool, but in no way a replacement for a brain.
For a very long time, I never used AI. It wasn't because of any passionate stance against the danger it posesses, or its effect on the enviornment (which is very dangerous), but I simply thought it wasn't helpful. If I ever tried it to give me any content or an answer to a question, it never exactly gave me what I wanted. I dismissed it as too much work to try to get it to give me what I actually wanted. Now though, AI is getting better almost every day. Once I arrived at college, my professors actually became the ones urging me to use AI in my work and life. While it will never replace much of the work I do, I have found how to use it to most importantly, make my life easier.
AI Skill Set
Coding (HTML, CSS, JS)
The most I have every used AI is to create and develop my own sites. In fact, this site was entirely built through AI. This hasn't hurt my creativity though, I use AI to make whatever image I have in my mind a reality.
Editing and AP Style
In my writing and reporting class, I learned how to use AI to catch my small errors in AP style or grammar. This allows me to be my own editor and have a fresh set of "eyes" on my work.
Research
My experience so far in journalism has taught me that context matters. To try to understand a difficult subject, AI can sometimes be useful to find sources that do not appear in a typical internet search.