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Generative AI

Using AI as an Academic Tool

AI tools can be used to: 

  • Generate practice quizzes or flashcards to help you prepare for exams

  • Create study guides 

  • Quickly summarize a new subject or topic 

  • Transcribe and summarize a recorded lecture 

  • Evaluate mathematical problems, lines of computer code and complex formulas

  • Brainstorm ways to start a new project 

  • Inspire you to ask questions you might not otherwise consider 

AI should NOT be used to:

  • Cut corners and avoid reading and writing 

  • Edit and improve your assessments 

  • Produce assessed content that is not your own, or not properly cited and referenced 

You can begin to feel more comfortable with these new and emerging AI tools if you are routinely asking yourself: 

  • Why am I using this particular tool? 

  • Am I using this tool to help me think, or to think for me? 

  • Am I using this tool to produce content and passing it off as my own work? 

  • If I use this tool as a research aid, am I accurately citing the primary sources? 

**While AI can be used as a study tool, it is important to use caution; make sure you are aware of the consequences of misuse of generative AI in your studies and ask your instructors or a Librarian if you are unsure.