MUSY 301: Introduction to Music Research and Writing

• Ithaka S+R’s Generative AI Product Tracker

• Artificial Intelligence Applications for Social Science Research

• NIH GenAI Usage Toolkit

• There's an AI for That!

You have a couple of options for how to kick out the robbers!

1.Using Search Operators 

• When conducting a search, add -AI or other arbitrary characters at the end of your query.

• For example, a search for what is AI -AI might strip the AI Overview from the results.

• This works by causing the algorithm to surface the AI overlay, and then the modifier breaks the algorithm.

Example: Bach cantatas -ai

Oddly, you need to add an -hai to the "what is ai" question.

Example: what is ai -hai

2. Using the "Web" Filter 

1. Perform a search on Google.
2. After the results load, click on the Web tab.
3. This will display the traditional, text-based search results, omitting the AI Overviews.

3. Creating a Custom Search Engine (Chrome)

• Open your Chrome browser. 

• Type chrome://settings/searchEngines into the address bar and press Enter. 

• Under "Site Search," click the Add button. 

• Fill in the details:
  • Name: Google (Web) 
  • Shortcut: web 
  • URL: google.com/search?udm=14&q=%s 

Reasons not to use AI

1. When you need to learn and synthesize new ideas or information.
2. When very high accuracy is required.
3. When you do not understand the failure modes of AI (which doesn’t fail exactly like a human).
4. When the effort is the point.
5. When you don't have the skills to fact-check the information and hallucinated citations.
6. When it's faster to do it yourself.
7. When using AI is just gross - e.g., screening interview for a job
8. When human authenticity is important
9. When you care about the environment.
10. When it's a violation of Oberlin's Honor Code