Using AI during Homework assignments

[Jorick van Bon]

Dear Mr. Hsiao,

I am working on the homework assignment, and had an issue with a specific line of code not giving me the output I desired. As a result, I asked ChatGPT for some assistance and inspiration. They provided me with a method I could use and a way of utilizing it, which allowed me to continue. 

Since the proposal provided by the AI gave me the exact output I desired by applying additional methods I would like to use it, but due to the strict plagiarism regulations I wasn't sure if this is allowed. By using the documentation about the method given I found the same answer myself after, but since I officially didn't think of it myself I could understand how this isn't allowed, therefore I wanted to ask you about this. Note that this would be about a single line of code, I would never utilize the AI to completely write the code for me, it just helped me solve an issue and I was unsure whether I could use this for my answer. 

Thank you in advance for your insights.

Kind regards,

Jorick

[Mike Hsiao]

Jorick,

In short, yes, you can use ChatGPT.

The purpose of homework is to make you familiar with data analysis process, and makes your hand dirty.

So students are allowed to use AI-based tools, such as ChatGPT.

But, as I mentioned before, students should take the response to check the suggested answer provided by AI, in order to make sure the answer (or a modified one) is exactly what you want.

And TA will grade your homework base on the analysis process you design and the explanation you give.

Thanks,

HSIAO

jorick...@gmail.com 在 2024年3月8日 星期五下午4:42:52 [UTC+8] 的信中寫道：