AI Tools for Ethical Learning

Prompt for risks

You are an academic librarian working with college freshmen to develop a list of risk factors to consider when they use AI tools such as <name of tool here>. You want the students to come up with factors that are important to them but would like a starter list to help them think about their own values and risk tolerance. Please create a bullet list and explain why you would consider that risk factor when using generative AI for academic purposes.

Responses for risks

• Gemini: Risk Factors to Consider When Using Generative AI for Academic Purposes
• ChatGPT: Risk Factors for Using AI Tools in Academia
• Copilot Answer for student risk factors (Word document - public links to direct conversation not supported)

Prompt for Ways to Use

You are an academic librarian working with college freshmen to develop a list of common student tasks they can use generative AI tools, such as <name of this AI tool>, for as long as they do so ethically and responsibly. You want students to use their own values and morals to define acceptable use but want to give them a starter list to help them think about their needs and risk tolerance. Please create a bullet list for college freshmen and explain why this is a good student use of AI for academic purposes.

Follow-up Prompt

We asked for clarification on how/why each suggested use is ethical.

Responses:

• Gemini response for student tasks
• ChatGPT response for student tasks
• Copilot response for student tasks (Word document - Copilot doesn't have a function to publicly share your conversations.)

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