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Published at October 24Expanding AI Awareness Through Everyday Interactions with AI: A Reflective Journal Study
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Released Date: October 24, 2024
Authors: Ashish Hingle1, Aditya Johri1
Aff.: 1Information Sciences and Technology, George Mason University, Fairfax, USA
| Interaction | Description | Example from Journals | Journal Freq. |
|---|---|---|---|
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Coursework
(Formal Learning) |
Discourse and discussions from Technical and non-technical course readings, activities, and lectures. | ”In the course, the depth of the conversation around deep fakes was both illuminating and alarming.” Participant 18, Week 3. | 49 |
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News and Current Events
(Informal Learning) |
Describing reading or watching a news piece. Some participants highlighted doing so for a course, while others did not make this distinction. | ”I saw a news article about an executive order from the White House that is forthcoming. I think it is great for regulations to be included in the overall discussion of AI.” Participant 11, Week 2 | 47 |
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Using Software and
Applications (Informal Learning) |
Experiences using software and applications, including ChatGPT, Spotify, Amazon’s Customer Service Chatbot, and algorithmic recommenders, etc. | ”I have been using a few AI tools like ChatGPT and Midjourney to experiment with for my work.” Participant 22, Week 5 | 22 |
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University Events
(Formal Learning) |
Interactions at an event organized by the university or college, such as a research talk, research series, fireside chat, workshop, hackathon, etc. | ”This week, I heard about a series of workshops through my faculty that will be held at Harvard on building AI models for vision tasks specifically. We were invited to participate and learn, and I probably will go.” Participant 21, Week 4 | 14 |
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Through Social Media
(Informal Learning) |
Discourse of AI interactions on social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, etc. | ”On social media I see a lot of advertisements from companies like Adobe showcasing their AI generative tools in their products. Even though I don’t use Photoshop, nor do I follow that content, because of its AI generative tools it was brought to my attention as an AD suggestion.” Participant 6, Week 2 | 13 |
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At Current Job or about Future Employment
(Informal Learning) |
Highlighting discourse at work, current affairs in the participant’s employment, or with coworkers about AI. | I was very interested in [restaurant automation through AI], because I used to work at Starbucks, and I know that Starbucks is also planning to utilize AI for their machines. The new espresso machines that you see at some stores are called the Mastrena 2, which provides telemetry data to Starbucks’ support center.” Participant 6, Week 3 | 10 |
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Discussions with Friends & Family
(Informal Learning) |
Discourse and Discussions with friends and family. Can be instructive or just conversational. | ”During conversations with family members, the subject of AI’s effects on the labor market came up, with some voicing worries about future job displacement as a result of automation.” Participant 4, Week 1 | 9 |
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Interacting with Content
(Informal Learning) |
Discourse related to content (media created for an audience to consume), including YouTube Videos, Content Creators, etc. | ”But I have learned that people on Threads are also talking about [the new Spotify AI DJ feature] as well, specifically a thread started by MKBHD (a tech reviewer on YouTube) and he has stated that after testing it works well for him.” Participant 18, Week 4 | 6 |
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Gaming
(Informal Learning) |
Related to video game development and game-play experiences. | ”I spent a lot of time playing Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and while I enjoyed my time with it I started disliking the rubber banding from the CPU opponents, especially at the end of the race where several time they appear to blatantly stop and let me through to win, making me wish the AI was more predictable.” Participant 3, Week 1 | 3 |