Student Guide for AI Use

AI-powered tools promise to enhance learning, but they also come with big risks. Our new quick guide graphic helps students understand how and when to use these tools wisely and responsibly.

Updated 1/16/24:

As we continue to work with schools, districts, and non-profits to create GenAI guidelines for students and teachers, our approach continues to evolve. Along these lines we have updated our Student GenAI Use Guide to incorporate two major shifts in our guidance:

1️⃣ Shifting from Citations to a Statement of GenAI Use

We absolutely believe that students 13-18 should be trained to ethically adopt GenAI tools to support their own learning and creativity. But there has been a major question on how we normalize the use of these tools.

While MLA or APA citations are a great start, we think there is need for a new approach for GenAI use. So we are advocating for schools to ask students to provide a simple Statement of GenAI Use to describe and justify their use of these tools to augment, not replace thinking. We will be sharing a resource this week that delves deeper into this strategy.

2️⃣ Generative Search for Research

As generative search engines like Perplexity continue to improve, they provide a great opportunity for students to be able to use GenSearch for research purposes. These tools not only hallucinate less, but provide direct links to citations along with multimedia sources.

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