Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Hours of Operation (HTML)
Summer Hours
- Monday 7:00AM - 5:00PM
- Tuesday 7:00AM - 5:00PM
- Wednesday 7:00AM - 5:00PM
- Thursday 7:00AM - 5:00PM
- Friday 7:00AM - 4:30PM
- Saturday CLOSED
- Sunday CLOSED
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Tools
ChatGPT
Website
Also available as an App
Note: Can use without signing up, but will not save your past interactions.
| What It's Good For | What It's NOT Good For |
|---|---|
| Generate ideas and themes: (e.g. brainstorming topics, generating a list of themes for events) | Finding sources: Some sources may be real, but can generate sources that doesn't exist. |
| Translation: can translate text into a different language | Utilizing Experience: It won't factor in your experience or background into its answer. |
| Planning: Create travel plans, project outlines, etc. (e.g. our Student Success Librarian used it to create a website redesign plan) | Finding up to date material: Remember, ChatGPT uses datasets, so anything it generates is based on those datasets. Some will be up to date, but not all of them. |
| Can write or debug code. | Writing Essays: Can it write an essay? Yes. Is it always accurate, well-structure and organized, and have an authentic voice (aka your voice)? No. |
Sources:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2023/03/03/the-top-10-limitations-of-chatgpt/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2023/03/01/the-best-examples-of-what-you-can-do-with-chatgpt/
Goblin.Tools
Website (Including Links to the App)
Note: Does not require an account to sign up and is free to use.
Not Good For:
-Generating long-form content (essays, lyrics, poetry, etc.)
-Generating images or digital art
| Tool | What It's Used For |
| Magic ToDo | Creates a To Do list. Add a task on the list, and then select the Break Down Item icon to break that task down into manageable steps! |
| Formalizer | Copy text into a box, ask for Goblin Tools to make it sounds more formal, snarky, etc. and it will rewrite the text based on your request. |
| Judge | Copy text into a box, and Goblin Tools will tell you how your text comes across in terms of tone. |
| Professor | Type something you want to learn about in the box, and Goblin Tools will give you an explanation, as well as an example. |
| Estimator | Type in a task or activity in the box, and Goblin Tools will roughly estimate how much time it will take to complete it. |
| Compiler | Brain dump a bunch of text, ideas, or tasks into the box, and Goblin Tools will turn it into a task list. |
| Chef | Will create a recipe based on what ingredients, dietary restrictions, serving sizes, equipment, time, budget, etc. you type in the box. |
Google Gemini (Formerly Known as Google Bard)
Website
Also available as an app.
NOTE: Must have a Google account to use.
| What it's Good For | What it's NOT Good For |
| Can write and debug code. | Usage limit. Can only use about 500 times a month between all Google products. |
| Can explain concepts like math or physics. | Creating images or digital art; better for research/finding/summarizing information. |
| Helping with grammar and other mechanics for writing papers. | Creates nonexistent citations or sources. |
| Working with Google Products, including summarizing documents in Google Drive. | May be biased, depending on the datasets it's been trained on. |
Sources:
https://cloud.google.com/gemini/docs/discover/responsible-ai#:~:text=Limited%20domain%20expertise.,to%20superficial%20or%20incorrect%20information.
https://support.google.com/a/users/answer/14796585?hl=en
https://www.grammarly.com/blog/what-is-google-gemini/#6
Microsoft CopIlot
Website
Also available as an app
Note: Do need an account to use it.
| What It's Good For | What It's NOT Good For |
| Can generate images. | Finding sources: Some sources may be real, but can generate sources that doesn't exist. |
| Translation: can translate text into a different language. | Experience: It won't factor in your experience or background into its answer. |
| Utilizing Planning: Create travel plans, project outlines, etc. | Finding up to date material: Datasets Copilot is trained on may not be up to date. |
| Can write or debug code. | Bias: Only knows what it's trained on (like above), so may be biased. |
Perplexity
Website (Including Links to the App)
NOTE: Can use without signing up, but will not save your past interactions.
| What It's Good For | What It's NOT Good For |
|---|---|
| Provides links to sources related to your prompt/request. | Finding sources: Some sources may be real, but can generate sources that doesn't exist. |
| Translation: can translate text into a different language. | Utilizing Experience: It won't factor in your experience or background into its answer. |
| Planning: Create travel plans, project outlines, etc. (e.g. our Student Success Librarian used it to create a website redesign plan). | Finding up to date material: Datasets Perplexity is trained on may not be up to date. |
| Can write or debug code. | Generating Images: Perplexity.AI cannot generate or edit images, it is purely language-based. |
| What It's Good For | What It's NOT Good For |
| Generating ideas (including reference photos) | Fine-Tuning: Hard to adjust tiny edits/errors |
| Visualizing concepts | Accuracy: May not have accurate rendering (e.g. the infamous 8 finger hands) |
MidJourney
Website
Also available for use on Discord
NOTE: Requires paid subscription to use, both on website and on Discord.
| What It's Good For | What It's NOT Good For |
| Generating ideas (including reference photos) | Fine-Tuning: Hard to adjust tiny edits/errors |
| Visualizing concepts | Accuracy: May not have accurate rendering (e.g. the infamous 8 finger hands) |
Seeing AI
Website (Including Links to the App)
Uses AI to describe your surroundings, including objects and people! Free to download, and great for accessibility.
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