Graduation Date
Fall 2025
Document Type
Project
Program
Master of Arts degree with a major in English, emphasis in Applied English Studies
Committee Chair Name
Janelle Adsit
Committee Chair Affiliation
Cal Poly Humboldt Faculty or Staff
Second Committee Member Name
Lisa Tremain
Second Committee Member Affiliation
Cal Poly Humboldt Faculty or Staff
Keywords
AI, Large language models, Reflexivity, Autoethnography, Chat-GPT, Reification, Identity, Ideology
Subject Categories
English
Abstract
This project explicates theories of identity, technology, and capitalism and uses an auto ethnographic approach in order to apply that explication at a personal level. The project responds to AI rhetoric in business and pedagogy and the instability surrounding perspectives on job security, the role of technology in Higher Education, and existential representations of the human. By deconstructing identity, ideology, cultural contexts, and technologic rhetorics, the goal is to further the scholarship surrounding Large Language Model applications in pedagogy and offer a personal, therapeutic approach to feelings of economic and existential discontent and fear experienced by students and educators regarding AI.
Citation Style
MLA
Recommended Citation
Nielsen, Nicholas Austin, "Large language models and identity: a reflexive approach" (2025). Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects. 2525.
https://digitalcommons.humboldt.edu/etd/2525