AI and Information Credibility by Amy Scheelke is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
This activity is built upon a modified form of the "P.R.O.V.E.N. Source Evaluation Process" by Ellen Carey. CC BY-NC-SA 3.0.
Each group will be given / assigned one generative AI tools. On 25 Sept. 2024, each tool was fed the prompt: “Provide a summary of how biotechnology can be used with plants to make plants virus resistant. Please provide evidence and sources when applicable. The audience is college students in an entry-level biotechnology course.” (Two tools had modified prompts.)
Each group will evaluate the credibility of the text generated by their assigned tool. Pay special attention to:
Purpose - Why does this information exist in the way it does?
Verifiability (Accuracy) - Can you verify this information? Is the generated summary factual? Is there any way for you to know where the information originally came from?
If it provides references or suggested resources, check them against Google Scholar. Do they exist? Or were they hallucinated?
Newness - If it provides references or suggested resources, is the currency of those sources appropriate?
Please be prepared to share your thoughts on these four factors for your assigned tool.
“Provide a summary of how biotechnology can be used with plants to make plants virus resistant. Please provide evidence and sources when applicable. The audience is college students in an entry-level biotechnology course.”
"Here's a summary of how biotechnology can be used to make plants virus-resistant, suitable for college students in an entry-level biotechnology course:
Biotechnology offers several approaches to developing virus-resistant plants:
These biotechnological approaches have shown promise in developing virus-resistant plants, potentially reducing crop losses and the need for chemical controls. However, it's important to note that each method has its own set of challenges, including regulatory hurdles and public acceptance of genetically modified organisms.
For students interested in learning more, I recommend exploring review articles on plant biotechnology and virus resistance in journals such as "Trends in Plant Science" or "Annual Review of Phytopathology" for more comprehensive coverage of these techniques and their applications."