AI Ethical Use

What are some useful ways that you have used AI both in and out of school?

How would you define the word "ethical" ?

Your assignment is  to write a persuasive essay about a topic of your choice.  You are interested in exploring screen time and its role in a child’s academic development.  With your teacher’s permission, you use AI to gain a general understanding of the issues  related to screen time for children. Which of the following is an acceptable way to use AI?

• Using generative AI tools as a starting point to gain knowledge of existing debates on an issue or what is generally already widely known about a topic. 

• Student uses Chat GPT to create possible research questions or thesis statements.

You are writing a research essay about the  consumption of cow’s milk.  The topic interests you, but you want to be sure that you understand the issue thoroughly so you can write an effective research question and thesis statement. With your teacher’s permission, you use AI to provide an overview of the arguments for and against cow’s milk consumption. Which of the following is an ethical use of AI?

• Asking generative AI to produce a formal outline  (that is submitted to the teacher) or draft of a specific paper.

• Student uses AI to research different topics and sides of an issue and produces an outline based on what he/she has learned.

You are writing a research paper and would like to read additional examples of refutations.  With your teacher’s permission, you use AI to gather sample refutations. Also, you are unsure about where to place the call to action, so you use AI to explain sample essay structures. Which of the following is an ethical use of AI?

• Seeking guidance on general best practices in how to structure a research paper, essay, or report

• Student uses generative AI to create the outline, rough draft, and final copy of the essay. The student submits this as their own work to the teacher. 

  
  

Which of the following is an acceptable use of AI?

• The student asks generative AI to provide research about the topic assigned, and the student uses that research in their essay without going to the original source.

• The student uses generative AI to find more resources about the assigned topic, but the student goes to the original source to check its validity. 

Which of the following is an acceptable use of AI?

• Accepting AI-generated suggestions and incorporating into student submissions new sections of  text suggested by generative AI.

• Using spell or grammar checkers.

  Asking for feedback on style and tone (students 

  must make deliberate choices on what feedback to incorporate).