Ask a Friend Test for Using AI at University
If it would be considered acceptable to ask a person to help you with something - proofreading an essay or checking spelling and grammar, for example - it is generally acceptable to use AI tools for this. If it is not currently acceptable to get another person's help with something - planning or writing your essay for you, for example, or doing the research for you - then this is generally not acceptable to use AI tools for this either.
Ask yourself this - "if a person did this for me, would it be considered cheating?" If the answer is 'yes', then it's generally still considered cheating when using AI tools instead.
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