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# Chat GPT
It is hard to find someone who has not heard about ChatGPT and related tools, and these tools are undeniably useful for generating ideas, providing suggestions, and more. In this class, we will ask you to follow these ethical guidelines when using generative AI such as ChatGPT.
It is hard to find someone who has not heard about ChatGPT and related tools, and these tools are undeniably useful for generating ideas, providing suggestions, and more. However, we recommend that you use generative AI in moderation. Generative AI can help you to summarize text, improve grammar, write code, collect relevant resources to read, and generate ideas. It can also [lead you to misinformation](https://medium.com/@emilymenonbender/cleaning-up-a-baby-peacock-sullied-by-a-non-information-spill-d2e2aa642134) and is generally less powerful than the hype might lead you to believe, as eloquently described by UW faculty member Emily Bender in her [Seattle Times OpEd](https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/look-behind-the-curtain-dont-be-dazzled-by-claims-of-artificial-intelligence/). If you are interested in learning more about generative AI's limitations, here is a [helpful repository](https://faculty.washington.edu/ebender/media/).
1. Whether you use generative AI or read someone's blog post or code, you are expected to ensure that the final product is your own, original work.
2. You may use generative AI for assignments and exams unless I specify that it may not be used. If guidelines are provided you should additionally follow those guidelines.
3. Unlike blog posts and research articles, you do not need to attribute artifacts/quote text or label code produced by generative AI when you use it. However, you must do the following or you will face academic consequences including but not limited to failing an assignment or an exam.
- You must cite the AI program you used in the artifact you hand in
- If it copies text from other sources and you don't provide proper attribution, you will be held accountable for that.
- If it provides ideas that are not your own, you will need to find and properly cite the original source.
- You must still comply with the academic integrity policies of the institution. This includes refraining from using generative AI to plagiarize or cheat.
In addition to the abovementioned concerns, if you start to rely solely on generative AI, you may limit your own development in critical thinking and writing, and if the results are that your writing is narrower and shallower in scope this may impact your grade.
In this class, we will ask you to follow these ethical guidelines when using generative AI such as ChatGPT.
1. You may use generative AI for assignments and exams unless I specify that it may not be used. If guidelines are provided you should additionally follow those guidelines.
2. Unlike blog posts and research articles, you do not need to attribute artifacts/quote text or label code produced by generative AI when you use it. However, you must do the following or you will face academic consequences including but not limited to failing an assignment or an exam.
- You must cite the AI program you used in the artifact you hand in
- If it copies text from other sources and you don’t put that text in quotes and provide proper attribution, you will be held accountable for that.
- If it provides ideas closely based on other sources and you don't cite those sources, you will be held accountable for that.
- You must still comply with the academic integrity policies of the institution. This includes refraining from using generative AI to plagiarize or cheat.
3. You will be held to the same standards when you use generative AI as for any assignment, regardless of whether you or the AI created something, including:
- If you turn in artifacts that are not accessible, you will be graded accordingly
- If you turn in artifacts that contain false or incomplete claims, you will be graded accordingly
- If you turn in code that does not compile or is incomplete, you will be graded accordingly
- You will be graded based on the critical thinking and writing skills, accuracy, and accessibility of the things that you produce.
We recommend that you use generative AI in moderation. Generative AI can help you to summarize text, improve grammer, write code, collect relevant resources to read, and generate ideas. However if you start to rely solely on it, you may limit your own development in critical thinking and writing, and if the results are that your writing is narrower and shallower in scope this may impact your grade.
- If you turn in artifacts that are not accessible, you will be graded accordingly
- If you turn in artifacts that contain false or incomplete claims, you will be graded accordingly
- If you turn in code that does not compile or is incomplete, you will be graded accordingly
- You will be graded based on the critical thinking and writing skills, accuracy, and accessibility of the things that you produce.
Also please note that using such tools may imply donating your data to the companies that deployed them. Please take reasonable steps to avoid making our assignments easier in future iterations of the course (e.g., once the tool provides a correct answer, don't give it positive feedback).
Also please note that using such tools has consequences unrelated to your schoolwork. For example, generative AI models use an [enormous amount of water](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2304.03271.pdf) and [energy](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00843-2): ``ChatGPT needs to “drink” a 500ml bottle of water for a simple conversation of roughly
20-50 questions and answers, depending on when and where ChatGPT is deployed.''
In addition, you are probably donating your data to the companies that deployed them. Please take reasonable steps to avoid making our assignments easier in future iterations of the course (e.g., once the tool provides a correct answer, don't give it positive feedback).
To summarize, you may use generative AI unless otherwise specified. However, you must use it ethically, check its work, and ensure that you do not cheat or plagiarize when using it. Further, you will most likely not receive a high grade if you rely on it to the exclusion of your own critical thinking, writing and accessibility skills.
# Privacy and Fair Use
To support an academic environment of rigorous discussion and open