Explore different types of AI
While some AI-based tools might come to your mind right away, there are a lot of different tools out there with a lot of different uses. As you evaluate how to use these tools responsibly in your academic work, it is useful to keep the breadth of potential uses in mind. You or your instructor might want to use one kind of tool for a certain situation but not others.
Click through the sections below to explore some potential applications of Generative AI. Please note that this list is not comprehensive or an endorsement of any particular tool used in the examples.
Text and Code
Text and Code
Some tools will give you writing or paraphrasing suggestions (e.g. Grammarly, QuillBot), and other tools will generate new text or code based on a prompt from you (e.g. Bing AI, Claude, ChatGPT, Google's Bard).
Text and Code Examples
Quillbot
Grammerly
Chat GPT
Claude
Visual and audio content
In addition to the general purpose tools, some tools are made to specifically generate unique images, based on a text prompt (e.g. DALL-E, Adobe Firefly, Midjourney). Other tools generate music (e.g. Suno, Loudly), or talking video avatars (e.g. Synthesia).
Visual and audio examples
Stinger prompt: create a crayon drawn image of stinger
Stinger - prompt: create a studious photorealistic version of Stinger.
Synthesia (talking avatar)
Suno song creator
Stinger. Prompt: Create a photorealistic image of Stinger the mascot of SUNY Broome Community College
Stinger: Create an image of stinger based on the mascot I uploaded (real mascot image).
Research
Some tools are made specifically to help you find research articles or evidence-based information. (Examples include: Semantic Scholar, Research Rabbit, Elicit)
Research Examples
Semantic Scholar
