AI Resources for CSUN Faculty, Staff and Students

CSUN AI Principles and Guidelines. What the university asks of anyone here who uses AI, and of those who decide not to. A working draft from the AI Task Force — guidance, not binding policy.

The AI Ladders. Five rungs, starting with play. Nothing graded, learn at your own pace.

• The Student Ladder Students
• The Research Ladder Faculty
• The Teaching Ladder Faculty
• The Staff Ladder Staff
• The Infinite Ladder Anyone

The AI Briefs. AI news filtered by role, written for what that role has to decide.

• Deans and provosts Leadership
• Chairs and associate deans Department
• Faculty, by discipline Teaching
• Librarians, IT and staff Staff
• Graduate and undergraduate Students

A collection of innovative applications of AI. Take one if it is useful, or add your own.

• Research and writing 13
• Teaching and games 5
• Dashboards and trackers 4
• Submit your own Open

The AI Barometer. What the college thinks about AI. Anonymous, updated daily, published unedited. Now on nazarianai.org.

• Where the college is right now Mood
• The worry that came up most Today
• Say anything, anonymously Two minutes

The case in numbers. Adoption is already high, capability is not, and the published bottleneck is training.

• Three quarters of small businesses use AI Adoption
• Use jumped from 23% to 60% in two years Speed
• The smallest firms are falling behind Gap