Working Paper 3: “Building a Culture for Generative AI Literacy in College Language, Literature, and Writing”

This working paper asserts that educators should draw on our collective expertise to shape how generative AI is used, both in our areas of professional responsibility and in society, given the significant impact these tools have on our civic, cultural, and economic activities (Gallagher, “Writing” and “Ethics”; Noble; Benjamin; Baron).

There is the risk in documents such as this, however, that through the very act of creating them we are foreclosing alternatives by acquiescing rather than resisting. After all, we did not ask for or create these tools, so why should we make a good faith effort to engage with them now? But the technology is here, and while most educators were not its architects we believe it is in our collective professional interest to offer students, colleagues, and administrators balanced and informed perspectives on the risks and harms as well as the potential benefits.

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See Also: Working Paper 1: Overview of the Issues, Statement of Principles, and Recommendations

See Also: Working Paper 2: Generative AI and Policy Development: Guidance from the MLA-CCCC Task Force