Learn how to use AI responsibly, understand your college's policies, and access resources for navigating AI in education.
While your teachers and the administration at your school grapple with the new AI landscape, revise their curriculum in ways that matter, and work to better understand the needs of industry, please remember that you are smarter than AI. You can reason and think. That is what makes you human, and no tech company has ever been able to develop an AI that can effectively accomplish these things:
It is these skills that AI cannot accomplish for you. These are the skills that employers will look for. AI can make repetitive tasks more efficient, but it can't critically reason. Remember, if a job can be outsourced to AI, there is no reason for an employer to hire a human. The human has to be the value added component.
Imagine that AI is your friend Joe. Is it OK to ask your friend Joe to do the following?
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Absolutely not.
No. You wouldn't send someone to attend a face-to-face class and speak for you, would you?
No. Revision is an essential part of the writing process and is where much of your intellectual growth occurs. You can't learn to do it unless you do it yourself.
Yes. This can help you identify strengths and weaknesses, similar to working with a tutor.
Yes, but it's best to have AI ask you questions so you remain in control of the creative process.
Yes, but always verify the sources to ensure they are real and accurate.
After drafting on your own, you may use tools like Grammarly or Quillbot for grammar help. You can also ask AI questions about organization or evidence, as long as you're not asking it to add new ideas to your work.
Example questions you might ask AI:
Yes. Be sure to note which tools you used, submit AI's responses, and include both your original and revised versions of your work after working with AI.
No. Do not submit writing generated by AI, even as part of a draft.
If you're ever uncertain, feel free to reach out to your instructor for guidance.
Only if you have express permission from your instructor. Otherwise, avoid using AI in classes where it isn't allowed.
My best advice for students is to remember that you are smarter than AI 🤓 and your teachers would much rather read a genuine essay than AI-generated output. To avoid any appearance of impropriety, please, for all that is good in the world, write your papers and essays using a tool like Google Docs that can track changes, save your drafts, and carefully follow the guidelines in your syllabus.
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