AI: Student Guide to ChatGPT, CoPilot and Other AI Resources
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- How can I protect my privacy while using ChatGPT?
- I can't find the citations that ChatGPT gave me. What should I do?
- How are generative AI models biased, and how can I avoid biased results?
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What is academic integrity?
Academic integrity refers to maintaining a standard of honest and ethical behavior in all types of academic work. This includes things like not cheating on exams or turning in a term paper that you didn't write yourself. It also includes plagiarism, or not giving proper credit to other people's ideas or work. To learn more, review UI's Code of Student Life - Academic Misconduct.
Please refrain from presenting AI-generated material as your own original work. While certain assignments might allow you to leverage AI to enhance your creative capabilities, it should not replace genuine creative thinking, especially in an educational setting. Whenever you incorporate content generated by AI, remember to include proper citations. This way, instructors can easily trace the sources of the AI-generated content.
Ethical Considerations
AI tools can be really helpful in many ways, but there are also some big issues that are being raised about its use. Along with concerns about academic integrity, AI can also reflect unfair biases, widen access gaps, create data privacy risks, and even have a surprising environmental impact due to the energy it takes to run. Take a look below at some of the challenges that come with using AI.
Educational Impact
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I'm a teacher - AI is beating us the fight for kids' mindsNew York Post - Opinion/Commentary
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How AI is changing-not killing 'College"Inside Higher Ed
Bias & Discrimination
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AI-Detectors Biased Against Non-Native English WritersHAI - Stanford University, Human Centered Artificial Intelligence
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EdTech is not neutral: How AI is automating educational inequity (p48)From "Policy Insights: AI and Digital Inequities"
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Policy Insights: AI and Digital InequitiesSee table of contents to view topics.
Data Privacy & Security
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ChatGPT is a data privacy nightmare. If you’ve ever posted online, you ought to be concernedFrom "The Conversation" Academic rigor, journalistic flair.
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Will ChatGPT Revolutionize Surveillance?ACLU - News & Commentary
Environment
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The Green Dilemma: Can AI fulfil its potential without harming the environment? Earth.Org is a leading environmental news website dedicated to providing comprehensive coverage of crucial issues affecting our planet through independent, high-quality journalism.
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Artificial intelligence technology behind ChatGPT was built in Iowa — with a lot of waterAP - Associated Press_Technology
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