Writing with AI – Creative Challenges

This painting shows Sisyphus rolling a massive boulder up a hill

Much like Sisyphus' eternal struggle, the creative process often involves repetitive effort, persistence, and the continual revision of work. Creators repeatedly refine their ideas and face setbacks, mirroring the cyclical effort of pushing the boulder uphill. Source: "The Myth of Sisyphus" by aallingh is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

This course introduces the major writing assignments — the creative challenges — for Writing with Artificial Intelligence, an undergraduate writing course that invites students to write with and about Artificial Intelligence.

— students will explore the benefits of writing without AI; learn about prompt engineering, create an infographic to help other college students work strategically with GAI (generative artificial intelligence) tools; research tools like Poe.AI that empower inventors to create chatbots without coding skills; design a custom chatbot; research critical AI literacies; apply a critical literacy frameworks to debunk “hype” in AI reporting; research the evolution copyright; explore the legal battle between The New York Times and Open AI/Microsoft; chart the architecture of deep fakes; and create a deep fake or misinformation campaign.

Throughout Writing with Artificial Intelligence, an undergraduate writing course at USF, students will complete the following brief creative challenges, , some of which will be collaboratively authored.

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