Guidelines for using generative AI in teaching at SDQ
Violation of the guidelines can be treated as an attempt to cheat and lead to failing an examination (5.0).
The current guidelines of the Faculty of Computer Science apply: https://www.informatik.kit.edu/faq-wiki/doku.php?id=generative_ki
Bachelor and Master Theses
As stated in the faculty guidelines, the use of AI should be documented, for which we distinguish three cases:
- Spelling, Grammar, Text Style and Translation
- Usage of AI for checking or correcting the listed aspects of a text does not need to be documented
- Text or Image Generation
- Students must document the generation of content that is included in the thesis
- Documentation should include the used system, language model and, if applicable, prompt engineering technique
- Documentation of individual prompts and results is not necessary
- The preferred place for the documentation is in a separate paragraph on the same page as the signed declaration (Selbständigkeitserklärung)
- Part of the Research
- AI can be used in various parts of the research, e.g., literature search, code generation or data analysis, as long as you adhere to the faculty guidelines
- As with other tools, usage of AI tools needs to be documented to ensure transparency and reproducability
- Documentation should include the used system, language model, prompt engineering technique and, in the appendix or repository, individual prompts and results
- The documentation can, e.g., be part of a Used Tools or Evaluation Design section
As stated in the faculty guidelines:
In all cases, students remain responsible for their work. This also applies to the parts of their work that have been created using or influenced by AI.
Best Practices in using Generative AI in Scientific Writing
- When using generative AI for formulating text, review any generated adjectives and check whether this is really what you want to say. Make sure to remove all chatty, fluffy, subjective and/or unnecessary adjectives. Some generative AIs tend to fill in words like "extensive", "rich" and "pivotal" that often are used in a subjective way (unsachlich).