UC San Diego AI vision
Why UC San Diego encourages the campus community to explore AI, and where the strategy is headed.
How to use this series
Learn your way
Where many TritonAI learning journeys begin. The series builds from understanding the TritonAI ecosystem, to using campus tools, to creating with them, and each short video is designed to be watched in order.
- Learn at your own pace
Work through the videos in order, and test your knowledge with the questions at the end of each video.
- Learn together
The series works well as a team activity. Watch one video per meeting and use each video’s discussion points to spark a wider conversation.
- Pick up where you left off
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Series
Foundations
Start here for shared ground. Before using AI tools, understand the vision and the concepts around data, privacy, and ethics of AI use.
What is AI?
The AI you will encounter day to day, what it does well, where it fails, and the key terms worth knowing.
UC San Diego AI tools and when to use them
The UC San Diego AI ecosystem, a simple framework for picking the right tool, and the four categories of AI work.
AI data, privacy, and security
How clean data shapes AI output, and how the UC data classification system decides what you can share with which tool.
Ethics and responsible AI use
The eight UC responsible AI principles, and how bias shows up in AI systems.
Human centricity and AI
What “human in the loop” means, why human review matters, how hallucinations happen, and where your judgment stays essential.
Sustainability and AI
The environmental footprint of AI, and the choices UC San Diego makes to align AI infrastructure with sustainability commitments.
Process prior to AI implementation
How to map what actually happens in a process — and the support available — before deciding where AI helps.
Series
Using the Tools
Hands-on walkthroughs of the approved tools, from TritonGPT to Gemini, NotebookLM, Copilot, and Zoom. Each video pairs one tool with campus use cases you can repeat at your own desk.
Prompting
What a prompt is, why it sits at the core of most AI use, and what to include for the audience you have in mind.
ZoomAI: An overview
Practical campus use cases for Zoom’s AI features, from meeting summaries to follow-ups.
Cherry ParkLead HCM Trainer and Analyst
TritonGPT: An overview
What makes TritonGPT different from other tools, and the specialized functions built for UC San Diego — models, agents, memories, and projects.
Kelsey MoonTravel Program Manager
Google Gemini: An overview
How to create a Gem and use the specialized functions available in Gemini at UC San Diego.
Elizabeth SalaamSenior Writer
Gemini Notebook: An overview
Practical campus use cases for NotebookLM, from source-grounded research to study guides.
Sarah CarvalhoEducation Specialist, Teaching and Learning Commons
Series
Building
The move from using AI to building with it. These videos cover the strategy of when to build and how, from harnesses and automation to the review path that turns an idea into a supported service.
Citizen Developer: Strategy
How to approach AI strategy at the leadership level — who should build, how to prioritize AI work and spend, and best practice for harness use within a team.
Zach JohnsonDirector, AI Strategy
Citizen Developer: Harnesses and automation
How to move from using to creating: what a harness is, why you would use one, how we know it’s safe, and the ecosystem it lives in.
Shawn MunroTritonAI Service Offering Manager
After the series
Continue learning with your team
Explore the certificate or request a session around your team’s work.