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Artificial Intelligence

How and When to Use AI

Fletcher Policy

According to the 2024-2025 Fletcher Student Handbook, Prohibited Conduct includes, but is not limited to, the following: 

"Plagiarism, cheating, academic dishonesty, fabrication, misuse of academic resources, misrepresentation, violation of class rules, complicity, software fraud, multiple submission of work, unsanctioned collaboration, or other forms of dishonesty in College-related affairs."

If not authorized by your instructor, the use of ChatGPT and similar GenAI is considered "unsanctioned collaboration."

Check for permission before use:

  • For students, check your syllabus, class announcements, or contact your instructor(s).
  • For researchers, check with the editor for the journal you are submitting your work for.

 

Graphic from A.I. for Education titled "A guide for students: should I use AI?" that includes a decision chart for students to determine if they should or should not use A.I. depending on what they want the A.I. to produce for their assignment.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Image source: https://www.aiforeducation.io/ai-resources/student-guide-ai-use]

Using GenAI Appropriately

Checklist for Appropriate AI Usage

The following has been adapted from the UNC graphic guide sourced below into a full text format for accessibility. 

AI should help you think, not think for you

You can use these tools to give you ideas, support your research (in accordance with the next point below), and analyze problems. Do not use them to do your work for you (e.g. do not enter an assignment question into ChatGPT and copy and paste the response as your answer).

Engage ethically with AI

Critically evaluate AI-generated outputs, and consider potential biases, limitations, and ethical implications in you analysis and discussions. when using AI technologies, respect privacy, confidentiality, and intellectual property rights. ensure that data used from AI applications are obtained and shared appropriately and follow relevant regulations.

You are 100% responsible for your final product

You are the user. If the AI makes a mistake, and you use it, it is your mistake. If you don't know whether a statement about any item in the output is true, then research it. If you cannot verify it as factual, you should delete it. You are fully accountable for AI-generated content as if you had produced the materials yourself. This means ideas must be attributed, facets are true, and sources must be verified.

The use of AI must be open and documented (if authorized for use)

The use of AI in the creation of your work (if authorized for use by your instructor) must be declared in your submission and explained. See your syllabus for guidance on the authorization of AI use in a specific course and how to document your usage.

[Source: A UNC Student Guide to Using Generative AI Appropriately, developed by the Provost's AI Committee of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, https://provost.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/UNC-Using-AI-Appropriately-Final-Revision.png]