Is it bad to use ai for ideas for my essay?
I used Ai to help get artist names throughout the structure of my essay- I have done the research for the artists but now I’m worrying I should scrap the essay entirely and start over because I’m nervous it’s plagiarism?
You need to read the academic misconduct rules for whatever the essay is for.
Even where AI use is allowed it’s important to check what it tells you. AI is terrible for making things up that either don’t exist or do exist but do something completely different.
Even where AI use is allowed it’s important to check what it tells you. AI is terrible for making things up that either don’t exist or do exist but do something completely different.
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by AnonymousI used Ai to help get artist names throughout the structure of my essay- I have done the research for the artists but now I’m worrying I should scrap the essay entirely and start over because I’m nervous it’s plagiarism?
Hi there,
When submitting assignments, I would suggest you take a browse at your university policies for AI, and read your Module Handbook for that specific assessment.
If you are still unsure, contact your Tutor or Module Lead before your submission. I would also suggest putting your essay/assignment through a checker such as Turnitin (every University uses a different platform) and been mindful of the content you submit!
Hope this helps:
Good Luck!
Han - 2nd Year Mental Health Nursing Student
WrexhamUniReps
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by PQYou need to read the academic misconduct rules for whatever the essay is for.
Even where AI use is allowed it’s important to check what it tells you. AI is terrible for making things up that either don’t exist or do exist but do something completely different.
Even where AI use is allowed it’s important to check what it tells you. AI is terrible for making things up that either don’t exist or do exist but do something completely different.
It states in the handbook you can’t use an ai chatbot to write the essay nothing about ideas so it’s unclear
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AI makes up sources all the time. You have to fact
check everything it tells you.
I would suggest that if the handbook says “don’t use AI to write the essay, that includes generating material and ideas for the essay. Getting AI to tell you what to put in and then putting it in your own words is still using AI to write your essay.
check everything it tells you.
I would suggest that if the handbook says “don’t use AI to write the essay, that includes generating material and ideas for the essay. Getting AI to tell you what to put in and then putting it in your own words is still using AI to write your essay.
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by xyz1234567AI makes up sources all the time. You have to fact
check everything it tells you.
I would suggest that if the handbook says “don’t use AI to write the essay, that includes generating material and ideas for the essay. Getting AI to tell you what to put in and then putting it in your own words is still using AI to write your essay.
check everything it tells you.
I would suggest that if the handbook says “don’t use AI to write the essay, that includes generating material and ideas for the essay. Getting AI to tell you what to put in and then putting it in your own words is still using AI to write your essay.
Oh I used 3 artists listed in suggestions did my own research on different topics surrounding one theme
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by AnonymousOh I used 3 artists listed in suggestions did my own research on different topics surrounding one theme
Hi,
Using AI to generate some very basic ideas/starting points for your essay may not be in breach of your university's academic misconduct/plagiarism policy, but I would still recommend reading through your university's guidelines on AI usage to make sure. If it's still not clear, consider reaching out personally to your lecturer or personal tutor and explaining your situation.
If your university is accepting of this form of AI use, you may still need to cite the AI program as a source in your bibliography.
Hope this helps,
Eve (Kingston Rep).
The thing is even setting aside the potential academic misconduct details - generative AI tools are basically just statistical average-ers for the input data. Which means their output is always going to be generic and average. Generic and average ideas are going to at best lead to a generic and average essay.
What lecturers want to see is that you've done the reading around the subject and come up with a novel approach to things and see how you carry that through. This doesn't mean reinventing the wheel but just finding a particular "hook" into the topic which is unique to your writing and your essay.
Also the point of the assignment is not a transactional process where you output a bunch of text and get a grade in return, but where you learn the reading, research, and writing skills to create that piece of work. Note that "writing" here doesn't just mean the end output of the text itself but the process of constructing the argument(s) you are using and how you piece them together.
Using generative AI tools for any part of that just means you get a grade but can't actually do the work, which means eventually in your life you're going to be at best a mediocre and easily replaced employee because you never learned to actually do basic critical reading, research and analytical writing for deadlines...
What lecturers want to see is that you've done the reading around the subject and come up with a novel approach to things and see how you carry that through. This doesn't mean reinventing the wheel but just finding a particular "hook" into the topic which is unique to your writing and your essay.
Also the point of the assignment is not a transactional process where you output a bunch of text and get a grade in return, but where you learn the reading, research, and writing skills to create that piece of work. Note that "writing" here doesn't just mean the end output of the text itself but the process of constructing the argument(s) you are using and how you piece them together.
Using generative AI tools for any part of that just means you get a grade but can't actually do the work, which means eventually in your life you're going to be at best a mediocre and easily replaced employee because you never learned to actually do basic critical reading, research and analytical writing for deadlines...
If you need to find artists for research/themes then https://artuk.org is a worthwhile tool. They’ve digitised a huge amount of artwork thats owned by galleries/public bodies and are tagging the works which makes it a good source of ideas.
It might not provide a perfect answer but if you have some artist names you think could be worth looking into then you can find out about their influences
(You can also volunteer your time to help with adding tags to work in the database)
It might not provide a perfect answer but if you have some artist names you think could be worth looking into then you can find out about their influences
(You can also volunteer your time to help with adding tags to work in the database)
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