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The course allows its students to gain an "in-depth understanding of generative AI technology" while teaching them "to effectively harness its power," according to a release from the Haskayne School of Business."Students will learn how to effectively use tools like ChatGPT and Midjourney in various professional settings and find innovative solutions to real-world problems," it adds.
"I feel like one of the reasons I really wanted to teach this course is that many people aren't fully appreciating how powerful generative AI is and how much of an impact it's going to have on all our lives," he said in a conversation on"For example, ChatGPT is presented to us as a chatbot, and that anchors our thinking about what it can do in terms of previous chatbots that we've seen and many people don't realize how powerful it can actually be.
The new course has already attracted interest from undergraduates and graduate students — while the undergrad seats are fully occupied, there are a few seats left for graduate students interested in pursuing the course."[I hope to] learn from the students as much as they learn from me because to a large extent, learning about generative AI is a collective discovery process. It didn't come with a manual," Keyhani said.
Hadi Fariborzi, assistant professor of innovation and entrepreneurship at Mount Royal University, is also using AI tools in his classes this year. "I can't imagine … in two years or even in a year, somebody, for example, writing a high-level report without getting help from some sort of an AI tool," he said.