The Ethics of Using AI in Academics

The Ethics of Using AI in Academics Student’s Name Professor’s Name Institutional Affiliations Course Name and Number Due Date The Ethics of Using AI in Academics Recent disruptions in the academic sector have raised questions about the ongoing applicability of varied tools and their impact on ethical integrity. According to Bin-Nashwan et al. (2023), using Artificial Intelligence (AI), including CHATGPT and Bard, represents one of the industry’s highly divisive topics around ethical issues. Stakeholders have raised concerns that these tools have created loopholes for exploitation by researchers, learners, and academicians to generate research content. Foltynek et al. (2023) warn that the sophistication of this technology makes it challenging for educators and other reviewers to differentiate between human-completed and machine-generated work. Thus, such complexities have prompted the need to investigate the ethical applicability of the invention in higher education. The leading challenge in AI is that it is challenging for learners to use it ethically. Bin-Nashwan et al. (2023) define academic ethics as researching, compiling, and completing course-related projects fairly and honestly. This process seeks to demonstrate rigor and reflect the learners’ understanding of the resources. However, achieving these objectives is challenging while using AI. Foltynek et al. (2023) indicate that AI generates complete work that may create a misleading perception of the learners’ academic achievements. The challenges in distinguishing the content as machine-generated further increase the likelihood of academic integrity violations. As a result, its ethical use ...