In light of the increasing role that AI plays in academic settings, schools and organizations are updating policies to provide guidelines on maintaining academic integrity while using such technology. None of the resources below represent Concordia's position or policy on Academic Integrity or the use of AI, but instead are provided for faculty in order to raise awareness.
The 6 Tenets of PostPlagiarism: Writing in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
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The fast-paced development and release of generative AI tools are revolutionizing the way we generate and use content across various sectors, including schools. Traditional citation standards, which have been designed to acknowledge human-created works, have struggled to keep pace with this rapid technological evolution and may not always match precisely the AI tool students need to cite in their academic writing. It is important to check regularly with citation guideline developers for updates.
It is important to consider that Generative AI will become a normal part of our everyday lives, just like spell check, grammar check, calculators, etc have become the norm. Multiple companies have developed AI detectors which aim to identify artificially generated text, but there is not yet a detection service that can definitively determine this with complete precision. In other words, AI detectors may not always accurately identify AI-generated text and they may produce false-positive or false-negative results.
Turnitin has now released its AI writing detection, explained here on their AI Innovation Lab site.. In their explanation they clearly state that it can (does) produce false positives and negative positives. 'Take it with a grain of salt' - as stated in the video.
Most of the detection tools are open-source at this time, but could become unavailable at any time.
Example detection tools (please note that none of these are endorsed for use at Concordia):
For a more academic read: Can AI Generated Text be Reliably Detected?
There is no definitive answer whether AI-generated text is considered cheating. Most teachers assume that a student submits work that is written personally by the individual submitting the work. Students may believe it is acceptable to use text generated by AI that they proofread and revise as they are making a contribution to the end-product through their editing.
In 2023 Turnitin released a AI writing detection feature. It is important to note that it is not completely reliable and can return false positives. Read more about the tool and it's features here.
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