2 Some key concerns about Generative AI tools

This section will consider a number of concerns that are explored in greater detail in the first, second, sixth and seventh courses in the series.

Two of these are about the reliability and relevance of the outputs of GenAI tools (the risk of hallucinations and explainability) – two are about the potential legal consequences of using GenAI inappropriately (data privacy and legal implications) – while the final two are about the consequences of GenAI use on individuals (deskilling and the digital divide).

We will first look in slightly more detail at the risks relating to the output of the LLMs: hallucinations and explainability.