{"id":25393,"date":"2024-07-22T10:47:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T02:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/?post_type=oasis-news&#038;p=25393"},"modified":"2024-06-26T11:07:52","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T03:07:52","slug":"gen-ai-isnt-going-anywhere-so-heres-how-to-ethically-use-it-in-your-studies","status":"publish","type":"oasis-news","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/oasis-news\/gen-ai-isnt-going-anywhere-so-heres-how-to-ethically-use-it-in-your-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Gen-AI isn\u2019t going anywhere, so here\u2019s how to ethically use it in your studies."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It\u2019s been over a year and a half since OpenAI freely released ChatGPT online, and since then Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen-AI) has touched almost every aspect of our lives. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dataversity.net\/a-brief-history-of-generative-ai\/\">Though it has been around for much longer,<\/a> it\u2019s visibility and access to the public has revolutionised the way we work, study and live. And it continues to rapidly evolve as times goes on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ChatGPT, Gemini, Midjourney, and GitHub Copilot are all examples of Gen-AI software that produce new content such as text, images, code and audio. With other software also incorporating the use of Gen-AI, it is important to understand when it can and cannot be used within your studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You may already be familiar with what Gen-AI software can do, for example it can assist you with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>answering questions, creating first drafts, summarising concepts and generating examples<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>fixing grammatical errors and increasing your level of vocabulary<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>translating text between languages<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>having human-like conversations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>But do you know how to use it appropriately in an academic setting?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are several things you must carefully consider when choosing to use Gen-AI to aid in your studies. If you don\u2019t use the software with caution, these tools may prevent your learning and critical thinking, contain bias, produce inaccurate or false information and much <a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/essentials\/rights\/academic-integrity\/gen-ai\/\">more.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, there is potential for Gen-AI to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ey.com\/en_nl\/ai\/how-genai-provides-opportunities-for-human-creativity-and-the-new-economy\">improve innovation, productivity and organisation<\/a> within your studies where your Unit Coordinators and units allow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Always check with your Unit Coordinator for permission before using Gen-AI software<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Before using Gen-AI to assist you in completing an assignment for your unit, check your assessment instructions carefully. Generally, you are not permitted to use Gen-AI software unless written permission is explicitly granted by the Unit Coordinator within Blackboard or your assessment specifications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you can use Gen-AI in your assessments, you must:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Document its use<\/strong> \u2013 screenshot and save all work conducted via Gen-AI, such as prompts used, answers produced, how you edited the output and your purpose for using it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Verify the accuracy of all output you use<\/strong> &#8211; some Gen-AI software manufactures information. If you submit that information as part of your assessment task, it may be considered falsification or fabrication, which is considered misconduct.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Apply appropriate acknowledgement and attribution rules.<\/strong>\u00a0This means using in-text citations where you have quoted or paraphrased Gen-AI text and including a declaration of use in your final submission after your reference list. For specific details on how to cite and declare your use of Gen-AI, follow the advice for the referencing style used within your faculty:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uniskills.library.curtin.edu.au\/referencing\/aglc\/secondary-sources\/#other-sources\">Australian Guide to Legal Citation (AGLC)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uniskills.library.curtin.edu.au\/referencing\/apa7\/other\/#generative-ai\">American Psychological Association (APA)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uniskills.library.curtin.edu.au\/referencing\/chicago17\/other\/#generative-ai\">Chicago<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uniskills.library.curtin.edu.au\/referencing\/vancouver\/in-text\/#generative-ai\">Vancouver<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Curtin uses Turnitin\u2019s Gen-AI writing indicator to check assessments for undisclosed use of Gen-AI software so it\u2019s important to be transparent and honest about Gen-AI\u2019s use within your assessments to avoid misconduct. Unapproved, inappropriate, or undisclosed use may be dishonest or unfair behaviour, and therefore considered misconduct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Golden Rule: When submitting any assessment, the final product must be your own work, not just content copied from Gen-AI software<\/strong>.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn the ins-and-outs of using Gen-AI as a student, find helpful resources and explore our FAQs, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/essentials\/rights\/academic-integrity\/gen-ai\/\">visit our new website.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To discover what you can and can\u2019t use Gen-AI for at Curtin, <a href=\"https:\/\/uniskills.library.curtin.edu.au\/digital\/gen-ai\/\">visit the library website.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Episode 2 - Maintaining Academic Integrity with AI\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GG1wpWTEXrk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how to use Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen-AI) appropriately at Curtin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4418,"featured_media":25395,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"7229,4556,4640,4812,6633,5153","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","wds_primary_oasis-categories":0,"footnotes":""},"oasis-categories":[141,146],"class_list":["post-25393","oasis-news","type-oasis-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","oasis-categories-online","oasis-categories-student-life"],"acf":{"post_options":{"":null,"banner":{"image":false}}},"featured_image":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/oasis-news-1000x500.jpg","author_meta":{"first_name":"Rachelle","last_name":"Erzay","display_name":"Rachelle Erzay"},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-04 13:41:13","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"oasis-categories","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-news\/25393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oasis-news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-news\/25393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"oasis-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-categories?post=25393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}