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Ethical Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

How ought we to live with AI? This guide does not endorse or condone any particular artificial intelligence (AI) or use of AI, but instead provides considerations around its use to help build a more just and humane world.

THINKER: A Framework for ethical use of AI

The faculty and staff of the Regis Library and The Learning Commons invite you to be an AI THINKER! The THINKER framework is meant to help guide students toward ethical uses of AI and consider outcomes beyond just the output of the AI used. The framework is also mapped to the Ignatian Pedagogical Paradigm and the Association of College and Research Libraries Information Literacy Framework to provide additional context and deeper meaning in relation to the processes associated with learning and knowing.

T ransparently cite use of AI

  • IPP: Action
  • ACRL: Information Creation as a Process

H ave open dialogue with others about AI 

  • IPP: Reflection and Context
  • ACRL: Scholarship as Conversation

I dentify potential biases in AI tools 

  • IPP: Evaluation
  • ACRL: Authority Is Constructed and Contextual

N ote the policies of your institution, program, or professors 

  • IPP: Context
  • ACRL: Searching as Strategic Exploration

K eep humans in the loop 

  • IPP: Action
  • ACRL: Scholarship as Conversation

E valuate privacy and copyright policies of AI tools 

  • IPP: Evaluation
  • ACRL: Information has Value

R ecognize impacts on humans and the environment 

  • IPP: Reflection
  • ACRL: Research as Inquiry