Profs treat AI use as plagiarism in classes

Sam Gauntt Managing Editor

Students who use artificial intelligence tools to write their papers or answer exam questions are guilty of plagiarism, AACC faculty members said in January.

According to Wayne Kobylinski, academic chair of the English Department, faculty flagged at least two students who may have used AI text generators for assignments on the first day of school.

“Yes, it took one day this semester before I heard of an instance,” Kobylinski said.

The professors were tipped off when they saw discussion posts by two different students that were “virtually identical,” Kobylinski said. AI text generators, such as ChatGPT or Copy.ai, can answer prompts given to them—even writing essays or completing assignments.

“The use of AI text generators, like ChatGPT, without attribution is no different than any other kind of plagiarism,” Kobylinski said. “Presenting somebody else’s words and ideas as your own

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Subway will join the Hawk’s Nest and Chick-fil-A as one of AACC’s three main food options. Chick-fil-A, on the bottom floor of the Health and Life Sciences building, is open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Monday through Thursday. The Hawk’s Nest, in the Student Union building, is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday.

Some students said they plan to eat at Subway.

“I’m pretty excited about it because we have more options to eat,” first-year fi-

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