There are a number of societal and environmental issues about the use of AI. We are going to practise the school traffic light system to investigate some of them. For each task take 15 minutes investigating each of the following topics.
No AI can be used at any point when working on the exercise.
This includes but is not limitied to:
ChatGPT or any AI chatbots
AI summarising tools (e.g. Google Gemini, Perplexity)
AI-powered search engines
AI spellcheck or grammar checkers (e.g. Grammarly, Quillbot)
AI-generated videos or notes (e.g. YouTube summaries by AI, Notebook LM)
You may use AI only for support, not for doing the full task. The specific ways you can use AI will be specificed.
Allowed uses may include:
Brainstorming or idea generation
Checking spelling and grammar
Summarising information you've already found
Asking questions to clarify your understanding
Making AI images or music to enhance your own work
You must not:
Copy full answers from AI
Use AI to do all the research
Let AI write your whole paragraph or notes
You can use approved AI tools freely to:
Find information
Summarise or reword content
Generate examples or explanations
Help structure your writing
Making AI images or music to enhance your own work
But you must still:
Understand what the AI is telling you
Write in your own words
Do not copy and paste full AI answers and claim them as your own
Treat AI the same way you would treat a source like Wikipedia — helpful, but not something to submit directly
You do most of the research and writing yourself.
AI can help with small tasks like brainstorming ideas, fixing spelling/grammar, or summarizing what you found.
You cannot rely on AI to generate full answers or do the main work.
AI is a tool to assist you, not to do your work.
You can use AI to help with all parts of the task, including researching, drafting, and explaining.
Even when AI does a lot of the work, you must read, understand, and rewrite everything in your own words.
You cannot copy-paste AI-generated text and submit it as your own without changes.
Think of AI like a source you must interpret and use responsibly—just like you wouldn’t copy information you found on the internet word-for-word.