The faculty of the University of the Philippine Diliman Artificial Intelligence (UPD AI) Program released a statement condemning academic outputs made from AI tools and advised that it is for the enhancement of learning and productivity only.
This was in relation to UPD Professor Francisco Jayme Guiang's viral Facebook post where one of his students allegedly used AI tools for his/her final essay exam.
"The faculty of UPD AI program condemns the outputs of these systems to misrepresent as valid scholarly works.
"Manuscripts, graphic designs, videos, computer programs and other academic requirements must be solely created by the student or group of students as required by the instructor of the course. However, the use of AI tools to enhance and facilitate the students' learning should be encouraged," the faculty said on Jan. 18.
AI tools, UPD AI faculty noted, can improve writing skills, provide immediate visualization and prototyping of ideas, allow quick access to vast amounts of information, and show how to create better computer programs.
Computer-generated output
Guiang said in the post that he used two AI detector systems to check the originality of the student's essay, from which he found that some paragraphs were over 90 percent likely computer-generated.
It also garnered different reactions from netizens after the professor initially posted some parts of the essay which might reveal the identity of the student involved.
Guiang, in a Twitter comment, admitted that he had a "lapse in judgment" and said that the student already confessed his/her usage of AI tools for the exam.
https://twitter.com/JioGuiang/status/1615399235247276032
The viral post also sparked an online discussion about how AI tools could be "weaponize" by faculty members in claiming academic dishonesty among students who create and submit original output.
UPD AI faculty said that task forces and open forums were already established in universities worldwide to discuss proper guidance on the usage of these tools.
Thus, it has also asked UP to open forum discussions about the implications of AI tools on academic matters, revisit the university's definition of academic integrity, disseminate information on how to use AI tools properly, and include academic requirements that will ignite more in-depth critical thinking, scholarly discourse, and sound judgment among students.