Generative AI chat bots, such as Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, Gemini, or Claude, can be helpful tools for drafting, refining, and enhancing common tasks. Below are a list of use cases that that AI can be really helpful for. We recommend Microsoft Copilot because it has data protection when signed in with your IC credentials, and is available to all IC Students, Faculty, and Staff at https://copilot.microsoft.com/
- Writing
- Summarize a large document or meeting notes, identify action items or key points
- Draft/edit messages, emails, announcements, etc.
- Edit to use specific tone, style, length, emphasis…
- Event Planning
- Come up with catchy name ideas for an event
- Write Intercom announcement
- Develop a to-do list
- Presentations
- Outline a presentation or workshop
- Create images for a PowerPoint
- Projects
- Brainstorm strategies or vision
- Come up with next steps on a project
- Create survey questions
- Learning/Skill Building
- Conversation practice (tell it to be [role], and you are [role]… for example an interviewer and job candidate)
- Research a topic, find good sources
- Learn how to do something
- Explain a concept (“explain like I’m five”)
- Hiring
- Draft/edit a job description
- Brainstorm interview questions
- Develop a presentation prompt
- On-boarding
- Create new hire/on-boarding materials
- Compose welcome email
- Team Building
- Suggest team building activities
- Recommend resources
- Ice breaker questions