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Artificial Intelligence

AI is integrated into more and more of our lives, how can you use it safely at school?

When can I use Generative AI?

These questions will guide you in determining whether or not use is acceptable:

1. Do you have permission to use AI in your program or course work?

2. Have you followed the assignment instructions?

3. Have you considered if GenAI is the best way to complete the task?

4. Have you checked if the GenAI output is accurate?

5. Have you cited GenAI in your work?

Using AI

The AI Assessment Scale (AIAS) to promote the transparency and ethical use of GenAI tools. The AIAS is designed to be flexible, clear for both educators and students with limited knowledge of new AI technologies, and adaptable across a wide range of disciplines and contexts.

              A scale going from NO AI to FULL AI explaining the different levels of AI use allowed in assignments

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2403.14692

 

 

AI uses in academia

Opportunities of GenAI

As a student you may* have the opportunity to use GenAI to assist you:

Brainstorm Research Explain
  • ask GenAI about a topic to brainstorm
  • explore pieces of an idea
  • find inspiration about a topic
  • break a big topic into smaller parts
  • find related topics of interest
  • develop and refine keywords for searching
  • ask for background information
  • ask for academic database recommendations
  • ask for research similar to good articles you've found
  • ask AI to explain a tough topic
  • ask AI to summarize a topic
  • ask questions to help understand a topic
  • use AI to generate terms and definitions to easily create flash cards 

*You should always refer to your program, course, and assignment instructions to determine when and how you are able to use GenAI without impacting the academic integrity of your work. 

-from UofM Artificial Intelligence LibGuide

 

GenAI Tools

Here are a few Gen AI tools that can help assist in research, compiling, brainstorming, writing, and more.
   

Type of Tool

Purpose

Examples

General purpose

Use these tools for all of the purposes listed below, to varying degree

OpenAI's ChatGPT, Microsoft's Copilot, Anthropic's Claude

Discovery

Find and evaluate academic sources

Consensus, Elicit, ResearchRabbit, Inciteful

Teaching & learning

For teachers and students to use for teaching and learning activities

Clarivate's Alethea, Wolfram Problem Generator

Workflow

Improve academic workflows, such as summarizing academic articles or note-taking

DocAnalysis, Google's NotebookLM

Writing

Generate text and edit your writing

 

Springer Nature's Curie (MS Word extension), Digital Science's Writefull, Grammarly

Coding

Generate code and edit your code

Meta's Code Llama, GitHub's Copilot

Image generation

Generate and modify images

 

OpenAI’s DALL-E, Midjourney, Stability AI’s Stable Diffusion, and Adobe Firefly

 

The Generative AI Product Tracker is a comprehensive list of generative AI tools used by students and faculty for learning, research, and teaching. 

-from UofM Artificial Intelligence LibGuide