As we grow and develop in this world of digital writing, one of the newer and more challenging things we need to face is the creation of generative AI. Specific to what I am writing now, using generative AI is able to breakthrough standardized writing that we’ve been accustomed to, but also raises other unanswered questions to the academia as a whole. Both sides of this argument will be touched further down the post, the good and bad that come from this.

Generative AI in Education

Generative AI has been developed that can produce highly convincing human like text. This can be highly useful in an educational situation as generative AI can help produce content for you; this can be used by a student who has writers block or just wants to be more creative. It could also help with teachers to mark their students work as it can give constructive criticism to an individuals work.

Suppose a student is working on a creative writing assignment, and to help generate some ideas, the student decides to use a generative AI tool such as Chat GPT . The AI draws from a huge and diverse data set to suggest unique plot twists and unexpected, imaginative elements, and suddenly, the student is feeling much more creative. This kind of collaboration between human and machine can enable us to tell richer, more detailed stories. Generative AI can also help teachers. It’s not hard to imagine how generative AI might be able to analyze and evaluate written assignments for them, and much, much faster than any human teacher could.

An illustration depicting the duality of AI—futuristic and advanced, yet intertwined with human-like elements. ( Source: Medium ) 

 An image showing a futuristic robot with human-like features, representing the complex and intertwined relationship between AI and humanity.

The Parallels with Victor Frankenstein

The importance of us having a responsibility to the AI’s we create is as Victor had a responsibility to his creation, If we bring a child into a world then it becomes our problem and our duty to help them and take care of them. I think the author is almost giving us food for thought, as it is not something that is spoken about as frequently as maybe it should be do we want to have robots in our lives 24/7 and do we really have the time for that.

Frankenstein by Mary Shelly brings to light the importance of the human component of creation. Victor’s abandonment of his creation and disregard for its humanity leads to tragedy. In the context of AI, the lessons here point to a human centric creation. AI should be used to enhance the human experience, not as a complete stand-in for humans. The power of human/AI collaboration allows for greater understanding and empathy.

 Reliability and Biases

When tackling the phenomenon of integrating generative AI into the realms of education, there is a fine line in which people must cross. Although AI contributes a major deal in promoting innovation and getting things done faster, education practitioners must figure out way of addressing the ethical considerations. Areas to be addressed include the aspect of referencing, the ability to eliminate biases and integrity. By studying how the ethical considerations will be tackled, we are able to deploy generative AI for educational purposes.

Transformative Perspectives on Literature and Digital Culture

ENG 250 has been a transformative experience in the sense that it has been an intellectual journey of the past 10 weeks. In the beginning, like most people, I had a more traditional understanding of literature. The further we got into these readings, the more interested I got in the crossroad of literature and digital culture. The idea of what is literature itself was challenged in traditional definitions of literature and pushed what could be considered literature after new practices and new technologies.

One important concept I took away from the course was the building of digital competencies. Diverging through multiple aspects of platforms, for instance working with class notes using online documents that allowed other students to comment and leave their remarks. Platforms such as hypothesis helps with great tools to have open discussions and while everyone is taking notes at the same time on the same page, but this one seemed to be a prevalent theme in this course. What did you take away from working with the different digital platforms? I feel that one of the biggest take always from this course was being able to build and develop digital competencies. A small piece of that would be using online documents to work on our class notes and an another way would be using different tools like hypothesis to be able to have on open discussion with the rest of the class, while everyone is taking notes on the same page.

Engaging in collaborative note-taking using digital platforms. ( Source : Quora.com )

An illustrated flow chart on how to carry out note-taking on digital platforms.

Active Engagement and Participation Reflections

One of the ways I contributed to creating a strong learning community was through Participation in the classroom community. I contributed a lot in our self guided not taking assignments. These allowed us to contribute our thoughts and opinions to the nots of the whole class, helping to learn from other perspective. And also to have other recommended ways that I can think about all the subjects. During group discussions, we all helped each other with the subjects, we also helped anyone who had something to ask, while we were in groups, we can all have a say in helping each other, to help themselves.

Now that I can step back and reflect on my attendance and level of participation in this course, I certainly realized and acknowledged that being engaged in my education is a key aspect of being successful in it. For example, even when I was not able to come to this class in person, I still did my due diligence by listening to the recorded lecture and using the opportunity to engage with the online resources by asking questions or providing comments as any other student in the course would. So, during the times that I wasn’t able to physically be here, I was still engaged in the classroom which allowed me to not fall too far behind and kept that consistency up for the duration of the class so that my learning and involvement wouldn’t taper off halfway through.

Guiding Future Students and Future Implications 

There are many things I would advise to future students in ENG 250, but the biggest advice I would give them is to embrace the digital aspect of this class. Discussing, talking in groups, using digital components and asking for help are a must to success of this class. Moreover, every resource is valuable to a student’s learning experience as in prep groups and tutoring.

Certainly the understanding I have gained from ENG 250 will help me into the future, academically, professionally, and personally. The combination of literature and digital culture has allowed me to learn about some of the ways these two fields can be combined. I now have the knowledge to be able to work in the new and developing field of digital literature, scratching the surface of new maturing melding. When literature continues to form in new ways because of technology it will be interesting to see what a category like literature will really be called.