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Artificial Intelligence @ NTU

Published: 11/12/2023

Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI or AI) is the use of technology to create content such as text, images, music, video and computer code. These tools are generating a lot of headlines at the moment, so it's important to know how to use it effectively.

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Dos and don'ts for using AI

AI is far from perfect

On the surface, GenAI tools can look very clever. However, don’t be fooled!

These tools are very good at pretending to be as smart as a human. For example: when ChatGPT is writing a line of text, it does so by predicting the next likely word in the sentence based on patterns from anything that it can find online. This means the information it creates may seem legit, but can actually be factually incorrect, out of date, biased or just nonsensical.

We’ve put together a helpful list of dos and don’ts to help you feel more confident about using AI tools at NTU.

Dos

  1. Do make it clear where and how you have used GenAI tools in your work.
  2. Do check and confirm any information GenAI outputs for you by using reliable sources such as Library OneSearch.
  3. Do familiarise yourself with how these tools work so you can better understand their strengths and limits.
  4. Do follow any School guidance about using AI in your subject.
  5. Do remember that you are at university to develop your own knowledge and skills.

Don’ts

  1. Don’t submit work which has been produced by GenAI as if it were your own. This is academic misconduct according to the NTU Academic Integrity Policy.
  2. Don’t give GenAI tools access to personal data, research data, copyrighted materials or University intellectual property such as lecture slides.
  3. Don’t upload any material of your own, unless you are comfortable with how the GenAI tool will use it in the future.
  4. Don’t use AI bots to attend online classes or meetings or to take notes for you. By doing this, you would be sharing information with an external party. If you have a disability that may require the use of AI to help with notetaking, please contact disability.support@ntu.ac.uk for support.
  5. Don’t run code generated by AI without fully understanding how it works and the action it will perform. You need to be sure what it will do.

In summary, AI can be used to help you work more productively or creatively but should not be a substitute that you rely on to complete your work.

Most importantly, when using a GenAI tool, remember to always cross reference the information it gives you with known accurate sources.

Help and support

Please refer to any guidance your School has issued on GenAI.

Further help is available from the Library Learning and Teaching team:

If you need to report an AI related data breach, please use the data breach or incident form.