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Generative AI, ethics, and policies
COMP 4630 | Winter 2026
Charlotte Curtis
Guiding questions for discussion
What are some ways that AI can be helpful? Harmful?
What are some ways that AI is used?
Axes: intent (malicious <-> innocent), impact (harmful <-> helpful)
What concerns do you have about AI in general?
What about in education, specifically at MRU?
What would you like to see in an AI policy at MRU?
Case study: vibe coding
Costs* of:
Voice to text
Code generation
Debugging
at ~
3 Wh/request
April fools?
Yesterday (March 31st, 2026), Claude Code's source code was
accidentally leaked
It's an interesting code base to browse through, notably:
April Fool's day buddy sprite
Negative keyword matching
Undercover mode
Impact
How do you, as CS majors, feel about these trends?
Have you tried using agentic coding tools?
What is the true cost of agentic coding?
A
recent paper
attempts to quantify token usage by task
Environmental impact
,
energy consumption
,
financial cost
Coming up next
Easter break, no class on Monday
Wednesday: One last journal club presentation (
YOLO
) and a smattering of additional topics (autoencoders, object detection, image generation?)
Monday: last day of class! Assignment 3 results, project checkpoint discussions. Maybe some kind of treats.