Brainstorm, title/question, research, building sources and making a reference list
Brainstorm notes:
- How will AI influence the crime rate?
- Will AI improve social skills?
- AI vs Human Interaction
- AI vs Job Opportunities
Five Possible Topics
- Will AI improve survival rate in medical procedures?
- Is there a limit to how much information AI can provide?
- Crime Rate
- Authors, Journalists, Writers
- Who profits from AI?
Two PSAs that I like with APA citations
- YouTube, YouTube, www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1_o0Iz3Dfg. Accessed 22 Oct. 2024.
- Saquella, Alan. āRevolutionizing Public Safety and Criminal Justice through Ai.ā Security Magazine RSS, Security Magazine, 6 Sept. 2024, www.securitymagazine.com/articles/101023-revolutionizing-public-safety-and-criminal-justice-through-ai.
Prof. Scanlanās beginning APA references:
Biever, C. (2023, July 27). The Easy Intelligence Test that AI Chatbots Fail. Nature. Celeste-Biever-AI-Chatbots-Fail-Nature
Crawford, K. (2021). Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence. Yale University Press. pp. 1-7. KCrawford-Atlas-of-AI-Intro
Gupta, A. H. (2022, April 21). The caretakers of womenās pandemic stories. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/21/arts/design/women-coronavirus-pandemic-journals.html?searchResultPosition=28 The above citation is actually related to my PSA. The others are the ones I provided.
Halpern, S. (2023, December 8). The Year A.I. Ate the Internet. The New Yorker. https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/profscanlan-english1121-spring2024/files/2024/02/Halpern-AI-at-the-Internet-NewYorker-2023.pdf
Lapore, J. (2023, March 27). The Data Delusion. The New Yorker. The-Data-Delusion-Jill-Lapore-NewYorker
The Three Versions of My PSA:
Version 1: My own writing:
Title: The Criminal Within
Crime has been so normalized throughout the world that offenses are being committed everyday. People can be influenced by different inconveniences to break the law and now theyāll have the help they need to plan out their crimes! With the rise of Artificial Intelligence criminals could exploit technology for strategies or ideas. If AI isnāt trained correctly it could end up in the wrong hands giving any criminal an advantage.
Version 2: ChatGPT #1:
Prompt: Rewrite this PSA (see above) to be smoother and to discuss the role AI plays in the criminal world
ChatGPT:
As crime becomes increasingly normalized worldwide, offenses are committed every day, driven by various personal or societal pressures. Now, with the rapid rise of Artificial Intelligence, thereās a growing concern that technology could be exploited to aid criminal activity.
AI, if not properly developed and regulated, can easily fall into the wrong hands, providing criminals with new tools and strategies. From planning sophisticated cyberattacks to generating deceptive deepfakes, AI can be manipulated to give offenders a dangerous advantage. The ability to bypass security measures, automate illegal surveillance, or even assist in hacking has brought about new challenges in law enforcement and security.
APA citation:
OpenAI. (2023). ChatGPT (Mar 20 version) [Large language model]. https://chat.openai.com/chat
Version 3: ChatGPT #2:
Prompt: Can you briefly paraphrase and explain the overall effect
ChatGPT: If criminals successfully use AI to commit crimes, it could lead to a significant escalation in the scale, sophistication, and impact of illegal activities. AI could help them carry out cyberattacks, identity theft, or fraud more efficiently, making it harder for authorities to detect and prevent such crimes. This would undermine trust in digital systems, cause widespread financial losses, and compromise personal privacy and security. Ultimately, it could destabilize social and economic systems, making it more difficult to maintain law and order.
APA citation:
OpenAI. (2023). ChatGPT (Mar 20 version) [Large language model]. https://chat.openai.com/chat
Comparison Essay: at least 300 words
When I first started my PSA I intended to bring awareness to the downside of A.I., while it does give us more knowledge and information, not all of it could be used positively. I began to wonder what would happen if criminals started using A.I. to commit crimes. What would happen if A.I. began planning our robberies, premeditating attacks and murders all because it was asked too? What would happen if A.I. began tracking people down and surveilling the innocent all because it was asked too? I was worried my language in my first psa was too bland and not detailed enough. I also worried whether or not it would get the reader’s attention.
In the second version I was a bit surprised by the wording and it instantly got my attention as I continued reading. The words were more charged and emphasized direness. It touched on all the points I had previously made and I was satisfied with the beginning of itās response. The chat also stated āFrom planning sophisticated cyberattacks to generating deceptive deepfakes,ā What I liked about this was the detail in what the A.I. could be used for and the role it would play. However after that it was basically saying the same thing that I was saying and I couldn’t help but find it a bit too repetitive.
The third version I found to be much better than the first two partly because of how concise it was. It didn’t drag our or repeat the same points it also addressed the current dangers and the long term dangers of A.I. I wasn’t taking into account the long term effects, but I found it to be all the more better. The chat stated, āit could destabilize social and economic systems, making it more difficult to maintain law and order.ā My initial goal was to establish and bring awareness that criminals would have an advantage in committing crimes with A.I. but seeing the impact on society was even more appealing and stresses the risks of chaos.
Criminal Evolution:
Key Question: Do you think AI will increase crime or combat crime overall?
PSA: If criminals successfully use AI to commit crimes, it could lead to a significant escalation in the scale, sophistication, and impact of illegal activities. AI could help them carry out cyberattacks, identity theft, or fraud more efficiently, making it harder for authorities to detect and prevent such crimes. This would undermine trust in digital systems, cause widespread financial losses, and compromise personal privacy and security. Ultimately, it could destabilize social and economic systems, making it more difficult to maintain law and order.
Call To Action: If you want to prepare for a world of cybercrime, defend your information and your data, use strong passwords, don’t leave any information lying around that can be used by others!
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Reflection Essay: 400-600 words
My PSA did take up a lot of my time and it took longer than I expected. Did I find it difficult or challenging? No but it was a long process to carry out especially when it came to finding reliable sources and evidence to back up my topic. The topic itself was the easiest thing about the PSA because AI is relevant in almost every single aspect of the world, even crime. My reflection with give insight on the easiest and hardest parts of my PSA including anything new I had learned while carrying out this project.
Starting off with what I had learned, I learned about the many crimes that you can use AI for cyber-crimes or cyberattacks. The first example would be deepfakeās which are images that can be altered or manipulated to misrepresent someone. Through the use of AI someone could use deepfakes to frame someone of an act they didn’t commit and assassinate that person’s character. This could be very problematic because in a world run by social media information can travel fast, within seconds someone’s life could be ruined simply by a false image. Another crime I got more insight upon is identity theft which can be accomplished through the help of AI. Information can be gathered through the use of AI, using its algorithms to identify patterns, someones passwords or usernames can be obtained.
The hardest things are simple, the hardest thing for me to do was gather reliable sources as I said before and tie the evidence back to my claim. There were many articles that were either unreliable or not relevant to what I was looking for. I’m glad many people are aware and putting out information on AI and it gave me a lot of possibilities to choose from in the end when I finally found the right sources.
The easiest part of my PSA was choosing the topic for AI. AI is relevant in education, health, sports, I could have written a PSA discussing AIās influence on the need for writers seeing how I’m becoming a writer myself. However I chose crime because I wanted to think outside of the box, not to mention crime always tends to get attention from an audience.
I don’t think I would need another week for this PSA unless it would be to double check anything or to add more detail to the PSA itself but I feel as if I had gotten all the important things out the way.
My views on Generative AI have changed, i thought ChatGPT was more of a crutch and forced many people to become reliant when in reality I began to realize its more of a convenience. It aids people to use better wording and become better at writing as they can also learn from their interactions with ChatGPT.
