AI@CSI
Welcome to the College of Staten Island’s website on Artificial Intelligence: AI@CSI. This website can be used as a resource for faculty, staff, and students who would like to be more informed about AI. Are you exploring AI in teaching and learning? What about your research? Are you concerned about ethical practices and associated challenges? Are you knowledgeable about how students use AI? Are there benefits for administration? What kind of AI tools are available? There is so much to cover as the world of AI continues to evolve. AI@CSI is only the beginning of your adventure!
What is AI?
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) refers to computer systems designed to perform tasks that typically require human intelligence. These tasks include learning from data, recognizing patterns, understanding language, making decisions, and solving problems. AI systems use algorithms and models to analyze information, adapt to new inputs, and improve their performance over time, enabling them to automate processes and support smarter, faster outcomes.
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Generative AI is a type of artificial intelligence that can create new content based on patterns it has learned from existing data. It can generate text, images, audio, video, code, and other media that resemble human-created content. Instead of only analyzing or classifying information, generative AI produces original outputs in response to prompts, making it useful for tasks like writing, design, brainstorming, and simulation.
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Generative AI tools are software applications that use generative artificial intelligence models to create new content based on user input. These tools learn from large amounts of existing data and can produce original text, images, audio, video, code, and other media that resemble human-created work.
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Agentic AI Agentic AI refers to artificial intelligence systems that can act autonomously to achieve goals on a user’s behalf. Unlike traditional AI tools that only respond to direct prompts, agentic AI can plan, make decisions, take actions, and adapt based on feedback and changing conditions. In short, agentic AI goes beyond content generation to taking action and driving outcomes.
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Examples of agentic AI include AI assistants that can schedule meetings, manage workflows, run multi-step business processes, conduct research independently, or coordinate multiple AI tools to complete complex tasks.
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Examples of Generative AI Tools
Here are some common examples of generative AI tools across different types of content:
Text generation
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ChatGPT – generates text, answers questions, and helps with writing
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Google Gemini – assists with writing, research, and problem-solving
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Jasper – creates marketing and business content
Image generation
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DALL·E – creates images from text descriptions
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Midjourney – generates artistic and realistic images
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Adobe Firefly – produces images and design elements
Audio and music generation
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ElevenLabs – generates realistic AI voices
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Soundraw – creates original music
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AIVA – composes music using AI
Video generation
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Runway – generates and edits videos with AI
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Synthesia – creates videos with AI avatars
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Pictory – turns text into videos
Code generation
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GitHub Copilot – assists with writing and completing code
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CodeWhisperer – provides AI-powered coding suggestions
These generative AI tools are widely used for content creation, design, software development, marketing, and education.
What's Happening at CSI
- Copilot
- Office of Technology Services is using Copilot and Copilot Studio to develop a customized chatbot for the CSI website.
- Power Automate
- Financial Aid uses Power Automate for automate and improve workflow a number of their processes
- OITS will use Power Automate to simplify the backend workflow of the Chatbot.