Digital Media and Information in Society/Student Journals/DroopyB

Hello World
Today I learned from ChatGPT that the term "Hello World" is often used as the first program learned by coders in various languages of code, often simply printing "Hello World!" https://chat.openai.com/share/b64bacd5-83f4-43f9-b0a2-35a026a3ad6f

A “Hello, world!” program is traditionally used to introduce novice programmers to a programming language. “Hello, world!” is also traditionally used in a sanity test to make sure that a computer language is correctly installed, and that the operator understands how to use it.

Signing Up for Wikipedia
I signed up for Wikipedia.

Starting my Class Journal on Wikipedia
I looked for how to create and properly use my Student Journal, including topics of which to put into my journal, including editing on Wikipedia to how Wikipedia is used by society.

Getting Started on Wikipedia
I looked at the Wikipedia policies, which included what's best for an article, sourcing and citing, as well as differentiating and learning between Sandboxes, Talk Pages, Whitelists, User Pages and WikiProjects.

Evaluating an Article
I evaluated an article titled "Epiphany (feeling)" and noted that it was well put together, but suffered from being in incorrect categories, which confused people.

Making a Small Edit
I completed the assignment "Creating a Small Edit" by adding a citation to what I learned about Hello World.

Collaborating with ChatGBT About a Specific Topic
I talked to ChatGBT about creating a video game, and the basic requirements to making one. It talked about the lengthy process of creating it, from the basic idea, to programming the game, to the legal and monetization aspects, to updating and maintaining the game. I then asked how to start creating a video game given I had a basic idea of the game, and it answered saying to create a document of the story, characters and gameplay mechanics. I then followed up by asking how to form a team to create a video game, and it responded by detailing how to recruit members and going on about teamwork and such.

https://chat.openai.com/share/8daa8130-8918-4b4b-a894-b457f96fd116

ChatGBT's input on Media and Information Ages
I asked ChatGBT what the next information age was, and it came up with multiple answers, including Quantum Computing, AI and Machine Learning, and Human-Computer Interaction.

https://chat.openai.com/share/0856416b-ddac-4018-95d0-f7d6d9a0df05

AI Misuse and Dangers
I talked to ChatGBT about AI being misused and how it is being misused today. Ranging from AI generated art and voices, to AI writing stories. I had to wrestle with it so it wouldn't constantly respond using a list, but the answers it gave were sufficient enough, if seemingly biased.

https://chat.openai.com/share/e8266e96-ebff-4cae-b6ee-e6b55a4e4690

Orality
I talked to ChatGBT about Orality, and asked it what the first language was. It concluded that it is difficult to tell what language is truly the first language.

https://chat.openai.com/share/0fc618c1-4168-498a-ba60-ada71a607c6b

Early Literacy and the Manuscript Age
I discussed with ChatGBT what early literacy was and about the manuscript age. It said that the early literacy age ended when the printing press was invented, which, whilst it did start a new information age, I felt the manuscript age hadn't ended yet, considering that today we still write.

https://chat.openai.com/share/8d183360-ffb6-428e-a030-f9db03a9d6f6

AI Gathering Information
I "talked" to ChatGBT about AI gathering information from itself, including if there are any studies on it. I did not get the exact answer I was looking for, and doubt I will, as I'm specifically looking to see if there's any incidents where AI will start using AI generated information, which would cause information to become skewed and the spread of misinformation to become rampant.

https://chat.openai.com/share/893e9749-72e6-4e1c-8614-216c417d0130

Choosing a Topic
For my Digital Media and Information in Society project, I am choosing to do "AI and the Spread of Misinformation". I will discuss how AI is/could lead to misinformation spreading, and why it's dangerous to rely on AI like ChatGBT for concrete information.

Wikipedia Article
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:DroopyB

Reflective Portfolio
My overall experience with Wikipedia, Wikiversity, ChatGBT and this class overall have been mediocre at best. I was never a fan of writing for Wikipedia to begin with, but somehow this course managed to make the process even more frustrating. If you want a limitation that Wikipedia has, look at it's awful saving system. I've had several times where I'd write a paragraph or so that would get wiped because it does not save manually. What I have to do for assignments was very hit or miss, as information was scattered everywhere. I also did not like using ChatGBT; it went against much of what I believed in, hence my Wikipedia article topic being about AI misinformation. I gave up about halfway through with most of my assignments since I just did not know what to do. Having to use Wikipedia to write in a "journal" where we did our assignments was also frustrating and I personally feel could be cut all together. It is an extra step in an already tedious process trying to do assignments in this course. The already unwelcoming nature of Wikipedians also made creating an article more frustrating. Most classes involved me listening in on a conversation I was not usually interested in, and trying to connect it back to the course. It was difficult to keep a consistent journal simply because I had lost faith in the course about halfway.

Throughout the course, I'd done numerous assignments, including talking to ChatGBT about the various information ages, learned how to use Wikiedu and Wikipedia, completed a small part of a possible article to be used in Wikipedia that can be used in an article about AI misinformation, and others. I attended class nearly every day, only missing a day or two due to being unwell or being physically unable to attend. I participated in class topics as often as I could contribute to their conversations.