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Artificial Intelligence (AI): Ethical Considerations

Generative AI: Ethical Considerations

1) Academic Integrity:   Generative AI has the potential to violate academic integrity. 

2) Environmental Issues: Generative AI requires an enormous amount of power to run. This increases demand for natural resources such as water and electricity. 

3) Misinformation: Generative AI has the ability to easily and quickly spread false information. Always be sure to fact check when using AI. You might be using and spreading false information!

4) Copyright:  AI is evolving so quickly that existing copyright law has struggled to adapt.  

5) Data Privacy: Protection for user's data and lack of consent from creators whose work was used to train AI tools is an ongoing issue.