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The symposium was covered in an article on msn.com and cited the opinion of May Chang, Chief Technology Officer at the University of Cincinnati Libraries, who emphasized the importance of critical thinking in the era of AI.

In the article, Chang notes that “tools for creating or detecting AI-generated content are not fail-proof, and the human-in-the-loop and critical thinking skills are still necessary." She urged students and academics to verify references, citations, and statistics from AI-generated content, as AI outputs are only as reliable as the data they were trained on.

Chang also cautioned the need for vigilance in maintaining academic integrity and the accuracy of information provided by AI systems, which may still carry inherent biases or errors.

“They must check for inconsistencies and inaccuracies in the text, even though it may sound confident. Be aware that potential bias in the output of AI-generated content is only as good as the data it was trained on. “Garbage in, garbage out” applies, she said.