Feeling overwhelmed and confused by the constant presence of AI? Generative AI @ NECO is here to help. We’ve developed best practices, guidelines, and tips to make you feel more comfortable exploring this new technology for teaching, learning, and work.
Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with NECO’s new Ethical Principles for Generative AI Use, which the entire NECO community is expected to uphold:
Human-centered learning: AI tools should enhance, not replace, direct interaction and instruction by human beings and support our core objectives. Anyone who chooses to use them should evaluate each tool carefully based on its utility.
Transparency: We will be transparent about the use of AI tools in the course curriculum, student activities, teaching, research, administrative work, and patient care. Resources for mitigating any potential risks will be readily available.
Quality and integrity: Information provided by AI tools must always be evaluated by qualified professionals to ensure accuracy and credibility.
Privacy and security: We will prioritize protecting personal data and ensuring user awareness of potential security risks associated with specific AI tools. We will strive to strike a balance between privacy and the legitimate use of data for educational and healthcare purposes.
Mitigating bias: We will acknowledge and address potential biases within AI tools by critically evaluating information and taking steps to ensure fairness and inclusivity.
Equitable access: All students should have equal access to the required AI tools within a course. We will ensure that AI is used inclusively and does not discriminate against any group of learners.
Accountability: The human author remains accountable for all content, regardless of AI involvement. We will ensure that AI tools empower users while respecting human relationships and ethical obligations. Ethical use of AI includes accurately verifying and citing all authentic sources and AI-generated material when included in an assignment, learning object, work function, research process, or patient care.
Accessibility: We will ensure that all AI-powered tools and resources used in coursework, clinical settings or research are accessible to community members with disabilities.
Want to learn more about how generative AI might be useful for you? Please visit Generative AI @ NECO for help with everything from prompt writing to protecting your privacy, and more. We have custom guides built specifically for students, faculty, clinicians, researchers, and staff.
Thinking about using an AI tool? NECO has a Generative AI Toolkit of approved AI tools (with more to come). None of these fit your needs? Use our GenAI Tool Evaluator to determine whether or not the tool you’re looking at is appropriate for use at NECO.
What AI tools are you already using in your work, teaching, or learning? Let us know!
Do you have any questions about generative AI @ NECO, or just AI in general? Submit them here, and we’ll answer them in our Generative AI FAQ.