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How To LA: Students and Educators Share Their Experiences With AI (And Other Headlines)
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In September, my colleague Bonnie Ho wrote about how faculty at community colleges have recognized that their students are no strangers to generative AI tools. Some feel optimistic, while some shared serious concerns. But what’s been the experience with using AI so far? We talked to community college students and educators to learn more.
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LAist asked community college students, faculty, and staff about their experiences with generative AI
Some of the responses:
A resource for first-gen college students: Rohan Desai is the department chair for counseling at Pasadena City College, a counselor himself, and a coordinator for the Men of Color program on campus. He thinks AI has the potential to help students navigate the process of applying to college or selecting a career.
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- Holding students accountable: Elizabeth Ortega, a professor in sociology at East Los Angeles College, noticed students putting ChatGPT output in their responses for certain assignments. While she had a response for plagiarism, Ortega considered ChatGPT output technically different since it is not necessarily copyrighted. She was motivated to discuss strategies around reducing ChatGPT usage to hold students accountable to learning.
- At least he can call his work his own: East Los Angeles College student Eider Martinez has completely avoided using ChatGPT. For him, it’s a danger to independence, creativity, and the gains earned through personal struggle.
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- President Biden addressed the American people about the situation in Israel where Hamas militants attacked the country Saturday, killing more than 900 people, including at least 11 Americans.
- Two Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies were severely injured Tuesday in a fire at a training center at Pitchess Detention Center in Castaic, authorities said.
- A pair of rocket engines will make their way through Exposition Park to the California Science Center this morning, prompting street closures that we detail here.
- Mission Viejo taxpayers may have to pay $715,000 in attorneys' fees and court costs stemming from a pair of lawsuits filed after city councilmembers extended their own terms in 2020 without an election.
- In Episode 3 of the LAist Studios podcast Imperfect Paradise: Nury & The Secret Tapes, former L.A. city council president Nury Martinez addresses, for the first time, the racist, offensive comments she made on the tapes. Host Antonia Cereijido also presses her to engage and think through how her comments were connected to the larger systemic issues of anti-Black racism and colorism in the Latino community. Listen here.
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Get Ready To Trick Or Treat!
The famous house from the TV series "Charmed" is in Angelino Heights on Carrol Avenue.
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Trick or treat! Do you know the best spots in L.A. to get the best candy and get the full spooky Halloween vibes?
Hancock Park, Beverly Hills, parts of Pasadena and Sierra Madre are a few places that come to mind, but according to TimeOut LA, the best spot is … (spooky eerie sounds) Angelino Heights! It’s not surprising because not only is it one of the oldest neighborhoods in Los Angeles, but the beautiful Victorian houses just give a spellbinding vibe — so much so that one of my favorite ‘00s TV shows, Charmed, used one of the houses as its backdrop. Read more about its history here.
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