AI: How to develop chatbots for research and teaching purposes?
In this workshop, we will explore how LLM-based chatbots can be developed for research and educational purposes, both as part of a larger service such as an archive and on a smaller scale.
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The University Library's Digital Lab invites you to a workshop where we will take a closer look at how to set up chatbots for research and teaching purposes. The workshop divided into two parts. Part 1 Wittgenstein Nachlass-chatbot, part 2 How to develop your own, targeted chatbots.
PART 1 Wittgenstein Nachlass-chatbot
The project aims to offer a professionally sound and user-friendly resource, and is based on the following principles:
- Control and operation: The chatbot will be subject to the Wittgenstein Archive and the University of Bergen.
- Minimal hallucination: The system should be designed so that it avoids erroneous or fabricated answers as much as possible.
- Support for source criticism: The user is encouraged to double-check the answers, including through:
- Flexible user profiles: The chatbot should be able to be adapted to different user groups and needs.
- Smooth transition to other resources: The user experience will facilitate an easy transition from the chatbot to the Wittgenstein Archive's other online resources and tools.
Alois Pichler UiB) and Filippo Mosca (University of Roma Tor Vergata) will present the status quo of the project. The chatbot will be tested and discussed in groups, in the format it is available at the time.
Early pilots made by Filippo Mosca are available at: https://filippomosca.github.io/wittgensteinian-oracle/
PART 2 How to develop your own, targeted chatbots
Sigrun Lindaas Norhagen (NLA University College and UiB) works with teacher education and digitalization, researches professional digital competence (PfDK). She has developed an ecosystem of digital bots that support both research and teaching. The bots have been used for their own research analysis, improving work requirements and creating easily accessible learning resources for students and teachers, among other things.
The participants get to explore how the bots are built, and try how to go from general principles to concrete, personal assistants that can be adapted to different needs. The goal is for the participants to gain insights that make it possible to develop their own, targeted chatbots. You can participate fully without creating your own bots, but those who want to test their own bots must have a ChatGPT account (at their own risk).
The workshop will be held in Norwegian.
Remember: Bring your own laptop.
Alois Pichler is a professor at the Department of Philosophy and the director of the Wittgenstein Archive at the University of Bergen (WAB).
Filippo Mosca is an associated researcher from University of Roma Tor Vergata
Sigrun Lindaas Norhagen is the head of digitization at NLA University College and a PhD candidate in teacher education at NLA and the University of Bergen.
