Is using AI for homework cheating?
Answer
At the Community College of Vermont and Vermont State University, it’s up to each instructor to create policies for classroom use. So if your instructor doesn’t allow it, it would be cheating, especially if you use an AI tool like Copilot to write an academic paper.
However, many instructors do allow it for specific assignments or tasks. Always ask your instructor what their policies are. The best time to talk with your instructor is before you begin your assignment to avoid starting it over if generative AI isn’t allowed. Even if your instructor does allow it for particular uses, it’s still against the principles of academic integrity to represent a paper entirely written by AI as your own.
Adapted from Is using ChatGPT for coursework considered cheating? by University of Arizona Libraries, © 2024 The Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of The University of Arizona, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
