PERSUASIVE RESEARCH ESSAY
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PERSUASIVE RESEARCH ESSAY
Part 1 Topic Proposal:
Part 1: Using the Persuasive Research Essay Topic Choice form, choose a topic area from the list of
framework topics provided, select a narrowed topic/issue, write a tentative thesis, and select some
sources.
Topic:
Generative Artificial Intelligence in Canadian Higher Education:
De Spiegeleire, S., Maas, M., & Sweijs, T. (2017). AI – TODAY AND TOMORROW. In ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE AND THE FUTURE OF DEFENSE: STRATEGIC IMPLICATIONS FOR SMALL- AND MEDIUM-
SIZED FORCE PROVIDERS (pp. 43–59). Hague Centre for Strategic Studies.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep12564.8
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“show a 10% probability of “high-level machine intelligence” (HLMI) – that is, AI that “can carry
out most human professions at least as well as a typical human” – by 2022, a 50% probability by
2040, and a 90% probability by 2075.”
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Personal experience – senior manager mentioned about last generation for data entry
(accounting)
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Human enhancement. More speculatively, human cognitive enhancement technologies could
make researchers (and with them whole academic networks) more effective via cognitive
enhancement pharmaceuticals,165 brain-computer interfaces (the so-called ‘neural lace’), or
genetic engineering for cognitive traits, speeding up the rate of AGI research, and the exchange
of lessons and breakthroughs, at least within communities and companies
Eshed, G. (2023). Disinformation. In Is the Chatbot a Threat or an Opportunity for Security
Organizations? (pp. 16–19). International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT).
http://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep51667.9
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“Research conducted by Georgetown University has established that advanced language
processing systems like ChatGPT are capable of influencing actions by operating fake accounts
and spreading deceptive information on social media.”
Goldstein, J. A., Sastry, G., Musser, M., DiResta, R., Gentzel, M., & Sedova, K. (2023). Generative language
models and automated influence operations: Emerging threats and potential mitigations.
arXiv preprint
arXiv:2301.04246
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New Capabilities as a Byproduct of Scaling and Research : “AI development attempts to target
more general capabilities, a small adjustment might suffice to uncover capabilities relevant to
influence operations. For example, improvements in reasoning capabilities might also allow
generative models to produce more persuasive arguments”
Ivanov, S. (2023). The dark side of artificial intelligence in higher education. The Service Industries
Journal, 1-28.
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