Generative AI offers a compelling set of tools that come with a host of known potential downsides.

Our approach to AI for this course will be guided by two core principles:
1. Cognitive development: Use of AI should facilitate learning and not erode your ability to think clearly and then organize and present your explanations and arguments.
2. Ethical use: Use of AI should be consistent with academic integrity and made transparent.

Allowable AI use will depend on assignment type. Depending on the assignment, AI use will be (1) required, (2) strictly not allowed, or (3) allowed as long as you follow guidelines. No matter what the assignment is, it is unacceptable to copy and paste AI-generated text and present it as your own writing.

For take-home writing assignments, the use of generative AI writing tools (such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grammarly, etc.) to support you as a writer (e.g., for brainstorming, finding search terms for research, translating, getting feedback for revising and editing) is allowed in this class as long as you adhere to the University's Code of Academic Conduct and the guidelines below.

The University's Code of Academic Conduct states that:
1. "Academic misconduct on exams or other coursework" includes the following: "Displaying or using any unauthorized material such as notes, cheat-sheets, or electronic devices, or content generated by artificial intelligence."
2. Plagiarism includes "Taking credit for any work not created by the student; work includes, but is not limited to, books, articles, experimental methodology or results, compositions, images, lectures, computer programs, internet postings, and content generated by software or artificial intelligence." Furthermore, plagiarism includes "Using ideas that are not the student's without putting such work in their own words or form and/or failing to provide proper citation".

Use of AI must be properly acknowledged and reflected on as directed for each assignment type:

1. Take-home essay assignments

The use of generative AI tools is allowed—but not required—on this assignment as long as you adhere to the following academic integrity and transparency guidelines. Before, you begin working on an assignment, be aware of: your Responsibilities, Appropriate uses, Inappropriate uses as well as the need to track your use for Transparency.

Responsibilities:
- You are responsible for the text in your submission, including avoiding mistakes and plagiarism. Any references suggested by an AI tool must be thoroughly assessed by you—you are responsible for ensuring that all sources actually exist (!) and are used responsibly and appropriately.
Appropriate use:
Inappropriate use:
- You should not use AI tools to:
  - Outline an essay or organize your ideas for you.
  - Write your first draft for you and then copy and paste sentences or paragraphs word-for-word.
  - Produce individual sentences or sentence fragments for you. [Such text does not reflect your own work and could be plagiarized from another source (with or without attribution). You are responsible for avoiding plagiarism in your submissions no matter how it may arise.]
Transparency: All essay submissions should include an AI Acknowledgement & Reflection (AIAR) statement. This serves to properly acknowledge the source of outside input, enable your instructors to give you feedback and share innovative approaches with the class. It should also serve for you to see how your skills evolve over time and to develop metacognition skills (thinking about thinking).
- If you did not use AI tools, your AIAR may simply state: “No generative AI tools were used in any way on this assignment.”
- If you did use generative AI tools to assist in any way on your assignment, your AIAR must include:
  1. A written Acknowledgement [2-4 sentences] summarizing which tools were used, including their version (e.g. ChatGPT 4o), the type of use, what prompts were used, and how the material was adapted (e.g. for tone or to correct errors) and incorporated for use. For example:
    - “In the generation of this submission, I used [insert name of AI tool] to [insert type(s) of use]. A list of my prompts is included below [append list of prompts at the end of the AIAR section]. The output from these prompts was used to [explain use].”
  2. A written Reflection [2-4 sentences] on the following:
    - What task did you find AI most helpful for? Least helpful?
    - What striking insights emerged?
    - Did you catch any errors/hallucinations in the AI output? Any other shortcomings?
    - How did the voice of AI-generated output compare with your own voice?
    - Did you use or discover any particularly helpful approaches, e.g., specific adjustments to your prompts?
    - Is there anything else you think should be reflected on?
  3. A List of AI prompts used [no length limit] [separate list by AI tool used if more than one]:

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Acknowledgement: This material was adapted from UC Davis, UWP (2023) [which incorporated ideas on cognitive and ethical dimensions from Gladd (2023)] and from Monash University, SAS (2023).

UC Davis, University Writing Program (UWP). 2023. "Syllabus Language on AI Writing Tool Use, University Writing Program (UWP) Courses - 2023-24, UC Davis." Available online: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sEFP78XfWhhbBU6Pp29wVyNRNKfEZv5GQYYewPxBjXg. Accessed September 27, 2023.

Gladd, Joel. 2023. "Policies related to ChatGPT and other AI Tools." Available online: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1e14ynKpzUyYQu-_dzjgT8Rjaf3u67t0vluBd6VQmNGY/edit#heading=h.gjdgxs. Accessed September 27, 2023.

Monash University, Student Academic Success (SAS). 2023. “Acknowledging the use of generative artificial intelligence." Available online: https://www.monash.edu/student-academic-success/build-digital-capabilities/create-online/acknowledging-the-use-of-generative-artificial-intelligence. Accessed September 27, 2023.