RE: Here's an article about plagiarism using AI for assistance
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Hey Timmy, excellent article thank you and the link to the Chatgpt conversation was spot on.
One thing I feel that didn't get clarified was the issue about plagiarism and proper citation. You don't have to cite Chatgpt as what it generated based on your prompts constitutes original work, but I certainly appreciate knowing which quotes were AI content.
What the AI is saying, which wasn't very clear, is that it may be taking work written by others and using it in its responses. When it uses other people's work to reply to questions then it's not plagiarising the original content because it's just a conversation between you and it. However, if you then just copy and paste what it has generated, it is 'you' that are guilty of plagiarism because you're using someone's original work (the author that chatgpt quoted) as your own.
Ideally chatgpt should be citing everything it quotes or paraphrases. I haven't used it so I don't know if that option is available.
It does not always cite the information it uses. I’m erring on the side of safety to always quote a source regardless whether it’s AI or not. Especially to show to those the information I use.
I wanted to write the article so that most readers can access the best information easily without pulling up a website.
Sorry, if it was unclear about what I was writing but I just wanted to show to everyone how to cite and use sources, even if it’s AI generated. I strongly believe that users should be responsible with the content they put out into the world.
Totally agree, it's a great article as it is. 👍
I appreciate it!