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Hey friends,
AI is now pretty much everywhere
Academia is no exception
After a webinar 10 months ago, some participants asked questions about the ethical use of AI in writing, editing, coding, reviewing etc..
When you hear about AI, you usually hear the following:
- double check the output
- use it responsibly
But you find little guidance on how to disclose its use
So at that time I searched for the AI policies of a few major publishers and shared them via a Linkedin post
Pretty much everyone with an internet connection used AI at least once
In research, generative AI can be used in many different areas: literature search, writing, editing, coding, summarizing etc
But, when you read papers, very few people actually mention its use
It’s probably because they are not sure how to do so
First, a few questions to take into account:
What is AI use?
Where do you mention its use
Back to the Linkedin post I shared above, you will find some consistency across publishers
First, AI cannot be an author.
Second, meaningful AI use should be disclosed.
Third, humans are fully responsible for the work.
One way to handle that is the following
For writing help, I would disclose the use of AI in the acknowledgments
For research tasks like coding, figures, I would use the methods section
No need to mention spellcheckers like Word, Grammarly etc… but once AI helps with structure, content generation then disclose it
Take some time to go through the following questions when writing a manuscript:
• What tool did you use?
• What did it help with?
• What did you verify, revise, and approve?
Let me know what you think, I read every response
That’s all for this week
See you next Sunday!
Jamal