November 2024 Meeting Minutes

Agenda

Minutes acceptance
Dr. GQ Zhangs survey proposal
Dr. Fenton’s updates for educational subcommittee and aichat project
Dr. Jiang and Dustan will present AI Information Hub design and updates.
Open Discussion

Actions and Decisions

- Amar Yousif updated the council on the legislature feedback. It was not submitted based on feedback from government relations.
- Christina Solis motioned for the minutes to be approved, and they were accepted.
- GQ Zhang proposed an AI survey to explore the uses and potential guardrails for AI within our community. The survey aims to understand acceptance levels and identify areas where the use of AI is encouraged or discouraged at UTHealth.
- Susan Fenton said the subcommittee for teaching and learning is planning on sending out a survey in January. They have gotten feedback that they should broaden it per Dr. Zhang’s suggestion. The clinical aspect perhaps should be sent separately.
  - Hulin Wu and Dr. Zhang will assist with this effort
  - We possible could work with resources at UT Physicians to engage the patients on surveys about AI
- There is an update for the aichat application, it is being used at MSBMI for student training.
  - Zhang asked a question about the data retention policy for this application, right now there is zero data retention for the application. A suggestion for a disclaimer was raised.
- Dustan Brennan and Dr. Jiang presented the updated AI informational hub design. Dr. Fenton asked for the Gen AI offerings page to be made publicly available. Christina suggested we get some outside assistance to quell fears about usage. Dr. Zhang and Wu suggested to clarify some language on the site.
- Christina mentioned she spoke at a retreat about AI and there was a robust discussion about usage of AI in research. She suggested a group or symposium on evaluating AI for bias in research.
- Diarra Boye asked why MSBMI isn’t put upfront to develop AI technology before we go to outside vendors to find a solution.