Course Overview

COMP1004
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics

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Course Information
• Subject Description Form
• https://www.polyu.edu.hk/comp/docdrive/ug/subject/COMP1004.pdf
• Instructors
• Dr LUI Richard (email: [email protected])
• Staff A (TBC)
• Teaching assistants
• Please refer to the information posted in blackboard (available soon)

If you have any question on the course, please feel free to

send me email.
Please DO NOT use the “Messages” feature in blackboard
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Sessions

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 Schedule (Tentative)
Week Topics
1 Course Overview; Overview of Data Analytics and Big Data
2 Overview of AI and Machine Learning
3 Generative AI Chatbots
4 AI Arts
5 Machine Learning (I)
6 Machine Learning (II)
7 Deep Learning (I)
8 Deep Learning (II)
9 AIDA Applications/Labs (I)
10 AIDA Applications/Labs (II)
11 AIDA Applications/Labs (III)
12 Societal implications of AIDA
13 Course Review

Please bring your laptop for completing the hands-

on labs/class activities during the lectures.
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Assessments
• AIDA e-Learning Module
• Class Activities/Exercise(s)
• Assignment
• Project
• Final Test

Note: In response to GenAI, our department has set a new policy related to
percentage of in-class assessment. The weighting of the assessment will be
announced shortly.

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AIDA e-module
• AIDA Video Lectures and Test
• Watch the videos and complete the post-video quizzes
• Complete the online test by 31st Oct 2023 (TUE)
• AIDA playground tasks – Available around week 6.
• Complete the five tasks by 18th NOV 2023 (SAT)
• Introduced in one of the lecture session around week 7 to 9.
• Late submission
• 24 hours within the deadline: -30%
• 0 mark after 24 hours.

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 Final Test
• Date: 5th Dec 2:30-3:20pm (TUE) or 6th Dec 2:30-3:20pm (WED) during the revision
week
• Please reserve the timeslot for the final test
• If you have any issues with the dates, please let me know by the end of Week 2 (17 th Sept 2023)
• Format
• Closed-book, paper-based, and invigilated.
• Students should work on the questions independently without referring to any external materials
beyond the quiz paper itself, including but not limited to any electronic devices, books, papers, etc.
• You should send an email ([email protected]) if you cannot attend the final test on the
schedule date/time with justification and supporting letters.
• The reason should be emergent and unavoidable (e.g., health issues), and the justification should be from
an authorized person/organization containing the applicant's name (e.g., a doctor's letter).
• Applications without strong justification or complete supporting documents will not be considered.
• Request received after the start of the final test will NOT be accepted, or may be subject to a potential
penalty of 40% in quiz 2
• Due to resource constraints and fairness issues, we can only offer ONE makeup session.

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Academic Calendar

Project Deadline (Details will be available shortly)

Final test of COMP1004
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 Why Study AIDA?

https://www51.polyu.edu.hk/eprospectus/ug/jupas/new-features
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What is ChatGPT?
• ChatGPT is a Generative AI chatbot developed by OpenAI
• Reached a million users just a week after it was released in Nov 2023

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What can ChatGPT do?
• Answer questions
• Write stories, poems, and music
• Write news articles from just a title
• Write technical documentation
• Write software code
• Language Translation
• ….

Source
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How “Smart” is ChatGPT?

https://openai.com/gpt-4
Source https://openai.com/research/gpt-4
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Sources:
1. https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1685242-20230125.htm?spTabChangeable=0
2. https://www.reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/zisq0k/openais_chatgpt_is_ready_to_become_a_lawyer_and
3. https://hai.stanford.edu/news/chatgpt-out-scores-medical-students-complex-clinical-care-exam-questions 14
 https://bgr.com/tech/chatgpt-took-an-iq-test-and-its-score-was-sky-high

https://www.pcmag.com/news/chatgpt-passes-google-coding-
interview-for-level-3-engineer-with-183k-salary 15
• Researchers show that ChatGPT-4 generated more ideas than humans
• AI generated 200 ideas in 15min compared to human at 5 ideas in 15min
• AI’s ideas were rated better

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/alliekmiller_does-a-good-idea-matter-anymore- 16
or-activity-7097289887208337410-vIEU
Impact of generative AI
• Generative AI can drive a 7% (or almost $7 trillion) increase in global GDP and lift productivity growth
by 1.5 percentage points over a 10-year period.
• Roughly two-thirds of U.S. occupations (over 900 occupation) are exposed to some degree of automation
by AI.
• Of those occupations that are exposed, roughly a quarter to as much as half of their workload could be
replaced.
• Most jobs and industries are partially exposed to automation
• Complemented rather than substituted by AI

Generative AI could raise global GDP by 7%

https://www.goldmansachs.com/intelligence/pages/generative-ai-could-raise-global-gdp-by-7-percent.html
AI like ChatGPT will replace million of jobs?

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/chatgpt-replace-millions-jobs-job-193719019.html
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Impact of GenAI on traditional assignments

Sources:
1. How ChatGPT could make it easy to cheat on written tests and homework | Daily Mail Online
2. 89 Percent of College Students Admit to Using ChatGPT for Homework, Study Claims (futurism.com)
3. New York City schools ban AI chatbot that writes essays and answers prompts | New York | The Guardian 19
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Embracing Generative AI Video: Should schools ban ChatGPT?

• GenAI unlocks student creativity, offer personalized tutoring, and better prepare
students to work alongside AI systems after graduation

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AI Writing Detection

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https://help.turnitin.com/ai-writing-detection.htm
What are the issues?

Source

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Using ChatGPT for assignments
• ChatGPT is a powerful AI chatbot that can generate
text on various topics and tasks, such as essays, articles,
math problems, etc.
• May produce text that contains reused phrases or ideas
from other sources, which can raise ethical and
academic issues
• If you use an answer or essay generated by the chatbot,
you have not created the work yourself

Prompt: A robot writing an essay on a paper

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What’s Wrong with ChatGPT’s response?

ChatGPT may generate fictional events, describing nonexistent objects or

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 Appropriate use of GenAI chatbots
• GenAI chatbots may create response which
contains errors or outdated information
• ChatGPT is NOT a reliable tool for factual
information
• Always verify any critical or time-sensitive
information from reliable sources.
• Reputable news outlets, scientific studies, verified
databases, government websites, online
encyclopedia, …
• Add you own ideas, research results to
improve upon what AI can generates

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Source: https://www.aiforeducation.io/
Web-based Tools for learning and research
• YouTube
• Google Search
• Google Scholar
• Wolfram Alpha

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 YouTube
• A video sharing service where users can watch, like, share, comment on videos
• Can recommend learning content based on previously viewed videos.

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Google Search
• Provide relevant search results from indexed web
pages
• Great for finding specific information, checking
recent data or news, and accessing diverse web
content.

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Google Scholar
• A specialized search service by Google for scholarly articles
• Useful for academic research, as it helps you find high-quality scholarly sources
• Journal papers, theses, books, conference papers, and patents.
• More specific/detailed and have undergone a rigorous review process, which can provide
deeper insights into specific academic subjects

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Wolfram Alpha
• A computational knowledge engine by Wolfram Research.
• Excellent for math and science queries, can do calculations and show step-by-step
solutions.

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 ChatGPT is Changing Classrooms Forever
• Ethan Mollick, a professor at the Wharton School of Business at University of Pennsylvania, thinks
that AI is Undetectable, Ubiquitous, and Transformative
• AI-generated explanations, testing material, personalized instruction, create teaching simulations, …
• Students can work with AI to create outlines, generate ideas, or even rewrite paragraphs
• Presents challenges in detecting plagiarism and raise questions about the boundaries of plagiarism.

Video: AI Required: Teaching in a New World with Ethan Mollick 32

• Expecting more from students
• Students will be challenged to complete more advanced tasks, produce higher quality work and achieve
better outcomes.
• University education should focus more on critical thinking, problem-solving, communication skills,
and diverse learning experiences.
• Universities need to prepare students for AI's influence on various job sectors.

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Chatbot resistant/assisted assignments

https://libguides.butler.edu/ai-in-the-classroom/chatbot-proof-assignments 34
Assessing Student-Generated Content
• Measure students' learning outcomes in a subject discipline, such as their competencies,
knowledge or skills, without the use of generative AI tools
• Methods
• Make the assignment/project “AI immune”
• Face-to-face, closed-book assessments in-class assessment
• Heavier weight in final exam
• Reflection papers with an oral defense
• Oral synchronous assessment
• Authentic (real-world tasks) assessments
• Complex tasks/project investigated over a sustained period
• Other alternatives formats: Video production, drama, create games, etc
• More focus on evaluating the process

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Assessing Human/AI collaboration competencies
• Student co-create knowledge with AI.
• May restrict how GenAI can be used
• Planning, as a core part of the task, for self-testing, or as a copyediting tool
• Students should
• Properly document the use of GenAI
• Demonstrate proficiency in using AI tools effectively
• Enhance/Produce better than what can be achieved by AI

From AI to A+: Prepare Your Students for Using ChatGPT and other AI
https://medium.com/@rwatkins_7167/from-ai-to-a-prepare-your-students-for-using-chatgpt-and-other-ai-6ecbfb14297b36
PolyU’s GenAI Policy

https://www.polyu.edu.hk/en/edc/explore-a-topic/generative-ai 37
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COMP1004’s GenAI Policy
• We expect you to use Generative AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT) for learning and completing take-home
assessment
• Idea generation, organize your idea, improve language/writing, etc
• Some take-home assessment tasks requires you to
• Document the use of GenAI (e.g. include the prompt you use and the output of GenAI tools
• Show how you have the ability to improve AI generated contents/surpass what can be done by AI
• E.g. incorporate your own ideas, research results and findings, personal voice, etc.
• ChatGPT and related tools may “hallucinate”.
• Always assume the response is wrong.
• Verify the correctness and fact check

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Plagiarism and Late Submission Policy
• Plagiarism checking with Turnitin
• Similarity score
• 30%-49% (Minus 30% of score)
• 50% or more (0 mark)
• Late submission
• Within 24 hours (Deduction of 30% of score)
• After 24 hours (0 mark)

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