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Artificial Intelligence for Academics

A guide to compliment the workshop presented by the ELITE Consultants at Vogel Library.

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Ethical Considerations for Students

Sources where you can learn more about how to use AI ethically.

Plagiarism

While Wartburg's Honor Code does not specifically mention AI currently, but there is still a requirement to cite work that is not one's own. Many teachers are also against the use of AI in their classroom and will use AI testers, and if they find out the assignment was completely AI generated, may give out a 0%. You should double check a class's syllabus to see what the professor's AI policies are. AI uses the works of others to create its answers, it is not yours or the AI's findings.

While AI may be a good place to start looking for ideas or sources, you should still create the finished project yourself and not using AI as your only source. 

Accuracy

As said before, AI can be a good place to get a start on research. However, AI isn't always accurate. It comes to its conclusions using answers from the entire internet, using even incorrect or outdated sources. This can lead to the generation of the wrong information and you may end up losing points because of it. Make sure you can verify any answers generated by AI with other sources.

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