I presented a workshop (Educators Guide to Artificial Intelligence (AI)) at the 37th USDLA National Distance Learning Conference. The workshop took place on Monday June 17th from 1:00 PM-2:15 PM.

You can download a PDF of the presentation handout here.

Frontier Model

• In a browser, go to chat.lmsys.org/?leaderboard
• Is your preferred LLM a frontier model? (ranking high)
• Does the knowledge cutoff date work for your purpose?

Transparency

• In a browser, go to crfm.stanford.edu/fmti
• Is your preferred LLM at an acceptable level of transparency?

Bonus Exercise

• Read the terms and conditions.
• Are you happy with this?

Local LLM

• Download and experiment with a Local LLM:
• FreedomGPT: www.freedomgpt.com
• GPT4All: gpt4all.io
• Ollama: ollama.com
• Enchanted: github.com/AugustDev/enchanted

Ideogram

• In a browser, go to
  ideogram.ai
• Sign in with Google or Apple account.
• Create an image with text in it:
• “Cute Panda. Giant text in middle of picture saying, ‘I Love Pandas!’”

Draw Things

• Install Draw Things on iOS and/or macOS:
• drawthings.ai

DiffusionBee

• Install DiffusionBee on macOS:
• diffusionbee.com

Runway

• In a browser, go to
  app.runwayml.com
• Sign in with Google or Apple account.
• Click on Text to Image.
• Create an image:
• “woman sitting at table, looking to side, closeup, (detailed), ((masterpiece)), ((best quality))”

Luma Dream Machine

• In a browser, go to
  lumalabs.ai/dream-machine
• Click on Try Now.
• Sign in with Google account.
• Type in your prompt or upload an image.

P-R-E-P-A-R-E

• In a browser, go to your LLM:
• Copilot: copilot.microsoft.com
• ChatGPT: chatgpt.com
• Claude: claude.ai
• Gemini: gemini.google.com
• Compose your P-R-E-P-A-R-E prompt.

• Prompt: Start with a clear question. Provide a stage for what follows.
  For example, “Write a summary about the latest AI trends in education.”
• Role: Give the AI a role and outline the context.
  For example, “You’re an education expert analyzing the AI trends.”
• Explicit: Be specific in your question to avoid misunderstandings.
  For example, “In the summary, mention how AI can contribute to personalized learning.”
• Parameters: Set clear frameworks such as tone of voice and the format of the output.
  For example, “Use an informative tone and keep the summary under 300 words.”
• Ask: Ask the AI to ask you clarification questions before it continues.
  For example, “Ask me some clarification questions first, and then answer.”
• Rate: Ask the AI to rate its own output.
  For example: “Give the summary a rating based on 0-10 points, and indicate what could be improved.”
• Emotion: Add an emotional stimulus. This appears to be able to increase quality.
  For example: “Breathe in, and breathe out. Try to really do your best. It’s important to me.”

P-R-E-P-A-R-E prompt format created by Dan Fitzpatrick (The AI Educator).