| You may use an AI tool like ChatGPT without breaching academic integrity in the following ways: |
If your instructor allows it and you use it precisely as approved
- You will have to ensure that you use only the approved AI tool, AND you also have to ensure you only use it how it is allowed. For example, suppose your instructor says you can ask ChatGPT to come up with three arguments for and against your research topic, such as recycling. However, you must discuss them critically using sources you found through the PC Library's databases. In that case, you can only ask ChatGPT for the arguments. You would NOT be allowed to ask ChatGPT to discuss the ideas it came up with. We suggest you include an acknowledgment of how you used the AI, including your prompt(s) and the generated output with your assignment (see the Citing AI page).
As a study aid to prepare for exams
- Generative AI can generate quizzes and questions that you can use to practice and prepare for exams. However, you cannot upload content your instructor created without their consent; otherwise, you may be infringing on copyright. So, before uploading any course materials, you MUST ask your instructor if you can.
As a study aid to improve your understanding
- You may ask generative AI to explain concepts and theories you have difficulty understanding in plain language. Generative AI can help you brainstorm research topics. Note that you must evaluate the generated content for accuracy and that you cannot use it in your assignment unless you have permission from your instructor.
As an example to use for critical discussion
- You may use AI-generated output if your instructor permits you to use it to discuss it critically. For example, if you are allowed to prompt ChatGPT to write a poem in a poet's style or DALL-E to create an image in an artist's style you are studying in class, you may include the output in your own work in order to discuss it. You should still include an acknowledgment of how you used the AI tool and a citation for the output (see the Citing AI page).
- If you use generated images, audio files, and codes, check if your AI tool mentions any use or copyright restrictions on the works it creates.
