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Research Activity |
Is AI Recommended? |
Why or Why Not? |
Tool(s) to Use |
|---|---|---|---|
| Choosing a Topic | Yes | AI can assist you in thinking through possible topics to explore. See Prompt Engineering for a Research Question | AI Chatbots |
| Learning about Your Topic | No | Hallucination. Generative AI can contain false information that is stated to be fact. | |
| Generating Keywords | Yes | AI is able to generate a list of keywords quickly. See Prompt Engineering for a Research Question |
AI Chatbots AI Research Tools (i.e. Elicit) |
| Searching for Sources | Depends on the tool |
Hallucination. AI Chatbots often fabricate sources and citations for sources that do not exist. If you choose to use AI for research, use tools specifically designed for research using real scholarship, like Elicit or ResearchRabbit. |
AI Research Tools |
| Evaluating Sources | No |
Evaluation of a source is highly dependent on the context of the assignment, the shape of your argument, and how you plan to use the source in your project. Depending on the license of the source, it may be a violation of copyright law to upload the text of the source to an AI Chatbot. |
Research Consultation |
| Creating Citations | No |
Generative AI models might not always produce accurate citations, leading to errors that could impact the credibility of your research. (Source: ChatGPT) |
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| Writing Your Paper | No | Unless authorized by your instructor, using AI to write your paper may be considered a violation of the Honor Code. | Writing Center |
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