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  • 56 up votes 2 down votes
    58 voters

    Artificial Intelligence? No thanks!

    Submitted 2 weeks ago by Finlay Deane​
    Expired
    • academic
    • campaigns
    • guild
    • liberation
    • sustainability
    0comments
    Artificial intelligence has become a growing part of student life, but what are the consequences? - ChatGPT queries use ten times as much energy as Google searches, with more complex queries using even more (EPRI, 2024). - The number of data centres needed to support increased use of AI/LLMs in the UK is set to increase by almost a fifth, including one in Herefordshire that will be built on a greenbelt (Kleinman & Shveda, 2025). - AI/LLMs are also increasingly used to outright replace the work of humans within managerial and academic spaces, in the name of efficiency and productivity. This is contributing to the lack of graduate opportunities. - AI/LLMs are increasingly sourcing data from works without the original authors' consent. Turnitin, the software used to upload your academic work, recently proposed a policy change to train its AI using students' intellectual property. This Change-It proposes: - Generative AI companies (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini) are added to the Guild's media sales exclusions policy. - The Guild actively encourages students and staff to avoid Gen.AI for marketing materials (e.g., society logos/posters). - The Guild will lobby the University not to actively encourage or promote AI/LLMs tools to students and staff or to accept sponsorships that promote the use of AI/LLMs. - The Guild will lobby the University for an AI 'opt-out' clause for students on their assessments. Students should not be penalised for opting out.
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