Thesis introduction writing with AI-generated text

Description:

The use of AI for generating text is becoming increasingly widespread. Using AI generated text for university assignments and projects is viewed by some as cheating. This form of ‘cheating’ is hard to detect because it does not directly involve plagiarizing existing text and thus will not be flagged by plagiarism-checking tools. By others, AI generated text - when supervised and quality-checked by the user - is viewed as the future of writing. This exercise aims at i) introducing the student to AI generated text (if they do not know of it already), ii) writing and editing a draft of the thesis introduction with the use of AI generated text, iii) discussing and critically assessing the thesis introduction as a genre, and iv) evaluating and discussing the pros and cons of the method and the ethical borderland with the student.
The pedagogical rationale is to enable the student to critically reflect on writing, thesis content, plagiarism, ethics, and the future of the borderland between human and artificial intelligence.