Artificial Intelligence

Ask yourself if the ways you are using AI in any course assignments crosses any ethical lines or have been approved by your course instructor. It can be helpful to ask yourself questions such as:

• Is the AI doing the work you're being assessed for? If so, you should carefully consider if your use of AI is ethical, and if using it for this purpose will help you in the long run. 
• Does your professor allow this use of AI for this assignment? Your professor should have clearly indicated what uses of AI are allowed in your class syllabus. If you're ever not sure about your use of AI, ask your professor.

Similarly to when you use other types of outside sources in your research, writing, and academic output, you should cite any AI outputs you’re including in your work. Citation is an important component of showing where your information comes from, allowing you to participate in a bigger scholarly conversation with other researchers and students who are working on similar topics. It also helps you avoid plagiarism and uphold academic integrity in your work.

Many citation styles have issues guidance on citing AI output.

• MLA Style

MLA has allowed for flexibility in citing AI by providing a core template of elements to incorporate into a citation. Moreover, it suggests double-checking the secondary sources the chat generates in case they do not actually exist.

• APA Style

The APA Style guide suggests including an appendix where the full text of the LLM output can be shared with readers

• Chicago Style

Chicago Manual of Style suggests disclosing in a footnote or in the body of the text whether the author used e.g. ChatGPT to generate information used for writing.

CWRU’s Writing Resource Center has further tips for considering AI & academic integrity in academic writing.