This overview adapted slide deck aims to provide the a foundational understanding of GenAI from a University of Waterloo perspective. This resource was developed based on a comprehensive slide deck from University of Massachusetts Amherst, Dr. Torrey Trust: "AI & Ethics" slide deck by Torrey Trust, Ph.D. is licensed under CC BY NC 4.0. 

This version of the slide deck retains the CC-BY-NC license, and can be credited to:

McKenzie, A., Lochead, K., Weaver, K. D., Byl, L., Bermingham, C., Piatek, J., Holmes, T., & Anderson, S. (2024). Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) overview [Slide deck]. University of Waterloo Associate Vice-President, Academic Standing Committee on New Technologies, Pedagogies, and Academic Integrity. Adapted from T. Trust (2024). AI & ethics [slide deck]. University of Massachusetts Amherst as allowed under CC BY-NC 4.0. 

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