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Academic Integrity (AI) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) - AI Squared

This guide will show how artificial intelligence may impact academic integrity, with specific reference to ChatGPT. It will outline students responsibility in the digital era and give tips on how to ethically engage with generative AI chatbots.

Database Searching vs Prompt Engineering

DATABASE SEARCHING

  • Knowing database searching strategies is a core component of retrieving relevant results.
  • In database searching different strings generated different responses.
  • Search queries need to be properly conceptualised.
  • Strategies need to be specific.

PROMPT ENGINEERING

  • Generative AI chatbots such as ChatGPT are not search engines.
  • They generate responses based on patterns of texts from the internet.
  • The term for fine-tuning questions, instructions and prompts in these chatbots, for the most useful information, is called prompt engineering.

DATABASE SEARCHING VS PROMPT ENGINEERING

 

 Leo (2023) provided a CLEAR framework for prompting AI to optimise interactions with information generating AI tools.  The principle contained in the acronym is as follows:

C:  Concise - Use clear and simple language

L: Logical - structure the information in order.  Context is very important

E: Explicit - Define instructions and formats.  Specify length, sources and terminology.  Set restrictions

A: Adaptive - Be flexible.  Rephrase and restructure.  Adjust settings and parameters where necessary.  Try different approaches.

R: Reflective - Evaluate responses carefully and use insights to further refine the strategy

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