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 * *Common knowledge.* In an assignment, you will often use facts that you have gotten from a lecture, a written work, or some other source. If the facts are widely known among your readers or easy to find, it is usually not necessary to provide a source. (In a paper on American history, for example, it would not ordinarily be necessary to give a source for the statement that the Civil War began in 1861 after the inauguration of Abraham Lincoln.) However, if the facts are not widely known or if the facts were developed or presented by a specific source, then you should identify the source for those facts. * *Common knowledge.* In an assignment, you will often use facts that you have gotten from a lecture, a written work, or some other source. If the facts are widely known among your readers or easy to find, it is usually not necessary to provide a source. (In a paper on American history, for example, it would not ordinarily be necessary to give a source for the statement that the Civil War began in 1861 after the inauguration of Abraham Lincoln.) However, if the facts are not widely known or if the facts were developed or presented by a specific source, then you should identify the source for those facts.
 * *Ideas.* If you use concepts or ideas that you learned from a lecture, written work, or some other source, then you should identify the source. You should identify the source for an idea whether or not you agree with the idea. * *Ideas.* If you use concepts or ideas that you learned from a lecture, written work, or some other source, then you should identify the source. You should identify the source for an idea whether or not you agree with the idea.
-* *Artificial intelligence.* Generative AI is a useful tool for many purposes, though it should not serve as a replacement for creating original work in your academic career. AI is likely to produce [less original](http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~kgajos/papers/2020/arnold20predictcive.shtml) and [more biased](https://mauricejakesch.com/assets/pdf/thesis_jakesch_cornell_phd.pdf) outputs than what a skilled human would create. AI outputs are often factually incorrect or misleading. The underlying data an AI uses [may itself be a form of plagiarism](https://nytco-assets.nytimes.com/2023/12/NYT_Complaint_Dec2023.pdf), which compounds the ethical concerns. You are welcome to use AI tools to augment your work. But **if AI is used to generate any content that you turn in, it should be credited like any other source**, including the software used. You are ultimately responsible for the quality of what you turn in.+* *Artificial intelligence.* Generative AI is a useful tool for many purposes, though it should not serve as a replacement for creating original work in your academic career. AI is likely to produce [less creative](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/caim.12580) and [more biased](https://mauricejakesch.com/assets/pdf/thesis_jakesch_cornell_phd.pdf) outputs than what a skilled human would create, and to leave users [less smart](https://www.media.mit.edu/publications/your-brain-on-chatgpt/) than if they had done their own work. AI outputs are often factually incorrect or misleading. The underlying data an AI uses [may itself be a form of plagiarism](https://nytco-assets.nytimes.com/2023/12/NYT_Complaint_Dec2023.pdf), which compounds the ethical concerns. You are welcome to use AI tools to augment your work. But **if AI is used to generate any content that you turn in, it should be credited like any other source**, including the software used. You are ultimately responsible for the quality of what you turn in.
  
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 *This document draws substantially from the syllabus statements by my colleague [Rick Stevens](https://www.colorado.edu/cmci/people/college-leadership/j-richard-stevens).* *This document draws substantially from the syllabus statements by my colleague [Rick Stevens](https://www.colorado.edu/cmci/people/college-leadership/j-richard-stevens).*
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