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<p class="MsoNormal">That is indeed astounding! What about the editor – aren’t they supposed to be at least browsing thorough? Sanjay<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#7030A0">Sanjay T. Menon, Ph. D.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> La-cgs <la-cgs-bounces@lists.latech.edu>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>B. Ramu Ramachandran<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 2, 2024 4:03 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Louisiana Council of Graduate Schools <la-cgs@lists.latech.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [La-cgs] Update on AI Usage case<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Thank you Sanjay.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">I continue to be astounded by the lack of attention displayed by some who use AI for writing. See the first sentence of the Introduction to a scientific paper (p. 2 of the attachment)!
This is in the neighborhood of some of my research interests (lithium ion batteries) but it took a Reddit scandal for me to become aware of the paper. Even if a graduate student generated that paragraph, the corresponding author, Yangai Liu, should have at
least read the first sentence of his own paper. This also shows how ridiculously superficial some peer-reviews might be -- this paper actually got published!!!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Ramu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<pre><span style="color:black">--------- <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">B. Ramu Ramachandran<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">Associate Vice President for Research & Dean of Graduate School<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">T. L. James Eminent Scholar Chair Professor<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">P. O. Box 7923<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">Louisiana Tech University<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">Ruston, LA 71272, USA<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<pre><span style="color:black">318-257-4304<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<p style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#AAAAAA">On 5/2/2024 3:15:30 PM, Menon, Sanjay <<a href="mailto:sanjay.menon@lsus.edu">sanjay.menon@lsus.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Thanks, Jason! It is nice that you have a policy in place that provides a basis for individual faculty syllabus policies.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Ramu: Here’s what I tried out this semester (in addition to the standard plagiarism policy which is to refer this
to the conduct board or the Community Standards Board as it is now called):</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h1><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-.25pt">POLICY ON AI TOOLS</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-.2pt;font-weight:normal">:</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Students who use generative AI or other machine learning tools to create submitted work do so at their own risk. While students are free to use AI tools for initial information gathering, generating
ideas, or checking grammar, any submitted work will be subject to the above plagiarism policy. AI tools with similar prompts often produce similar results, and any similarity with another student’s submitted work could result in a Code of Conduct inquiry.
Just as you would cite sources, if you do use AI to create any portion of your submitted work, you would need to acknowledge the same in both the text and in the list of sources.
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">When you submit something for a grade, you are responsible for it. You are in effect stating that it is your own work. So, if you submit AI created content as your own work, you should expect the plagiarism
policy to apply, with AI tool usage considered as unauthorized assistance from others.
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Penalties for AI use in submitted work (postings and assignments) flagged by tools such as Turnitin are as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">a. Allowable usage - 15%. No penalties<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">b. Usage from 16% to 25%- Any section that has been flagged could get zero credit.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">c. Usage from 25% to 49% - Any section that has been flagged could get zero credit plus an additional 10-point penalty.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">d. Usage of 50% and above – Possibly no credit for entire assignment. This could be investigated by the Student Accountability office, leading to additional penalties and consequences.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Thanks!</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Jason <<a href="mailto:jason.bodily@lsuhs.edu">jason.bodily@lsuhs.edu</a>> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 2, 2024 2:55 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> B. Ramu Ramachandran <<a href="mailto:ramu@coes.latech.edu">ramu@coes.latech.edu</a>>; Menon, Sanjay <<a href="mailto:Sanjay.Menon@lsus.edu">Sanjay.Menon@lsus.edu</a>>; Louisiana Council of Graduate Schools <<a href="mailto:la-cgs@lists.latech.edu">la-cgs@lists.latech.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [La-cgs] Update on AI Usage case</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Ramachandran <<a href="mailto:ramu@coes.latech.edu">ramu@coes.latech.edu</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 2, 2024 2:48 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Sanjay Menon <<a href="mailto:sanjay.menon@lsus.edu">sanjay.menon@lsus.edu</a>>; Bodily, Jason <<a href="mailto:jason.bodily@lsuhs.edu">jason.bodily@lsuhs.edu</a>>; B. Ramu Ramachandran <<a href="mailto:ramu@coes.latech.edu">ramu@coes.latech.edu</a>>;
Louisiana Council of Graduate Schools <<a href="mailto:la-cgs@lists.latech.edu">la-cgs@lists.latech.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [La-cgs] Update on AI Usage case</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
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<p style="margin-top:7.5pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#AAAAAA">On 5/2/2024 2:14:16 PM, Menon, Sanjay <<a href="mailto:sanjay.menon@lsus.edu">sanjay.menon@lsus.edu</a>> wrote:</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">I raised the topic at our Dean’s Council earlier today. Looks like the topic is already on senior administration’s radar from the undergrad side and they are planning to invite experts to come
and talk to faculty about course (and assessment) redesign incorporating AI.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Sanjay</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> Bodily, Jason <<a href="mailto:jason.bodily@lsuhs.edu">jason.bodily@lsuhs.edu</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 1, 2024 12:35 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> B. Ramu Ramachandran <<a href="mailto:ramu@coes.latech.edu">ramu@coes.latech.edu</a>>; Menon, Sanjay <<a href="mailto:Sanjay.Menon@lsus.edu">Sanjay.Menon@lsus.edu</a>>; Louisiana Council of Graduate Schools <<a href="mailto:la-cgs@lists.latech.edu">la-cgs@lists.latech.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [La-cgs] Update on AI Usage case</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Beautiful. Thanks</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> La-cgs <<a href="mailto:la-cgs-bounces@lists.latech.edu">la-cgs-bounces@lists.latech.edu</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 1, 2024 11:52 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Sanjay Menon <<a href="mailto:sanjay.menon@lsus.edu">sanjay.menon@lsus.edu</a>>; Louisiana Council of Graduate Schools <<a href="mailto:la-cgs@lists.latech.edu">la-cgs@lists.latech.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [La-cgs] Update on AI Usage case</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Sanjay:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Thank you for this info. I agree that "all of the above stems from considering AI usage as an impediment to learning." We need to look at generative AI based on large language models as the "calculator
for writing." My view on AI usage may be stilted because of my discipline -- most scientists suck at writing and so any tool that helps one express their ideas clearly (spell-check, grammar check, AI) is always welcome. The trick is to know enough about the
subject to recognize where AI goes off the rails -- like a pilot who knows when to take over from the autopilot.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Speaking of going off the rails, I am attaching an example that a colleague shared. The blue highlights denote AI-generated text (More than 80% of this report was AI-generated). Note the first sentence
of the "Theory" section where Ohm's Law is applied to a vibrating string. Wow! This student did not learn enough physics to recognize that Ohm's law relates voltage, current, and resistance in a conductor, and has nothing to do with tension, mass, and wave
propagation in a string!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Another problem -- the symbols for density and speed did not copy over from the AI window to MS Word. The student was clearly too unengaged to notice that! Notice Eq. 1-1 where there are no symbols
-- not even the tenstion T!!!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">I believe Jason had asked for examples of where AI goes wrong -- here is one! In the hands of a careless user, even the best AI is only of limited value
</span><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif;color:black">😂</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Ramu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#AAAAAA">On 5/1/2024 10:46:15 AM, Menon, Sanjay <<a href="mailto:sanjay.menon@lsus.edu">sanjay.menon@lsus.edu</a>> wrote:</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Verdana Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Hi all,</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Verdana Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Some of you might recall, that during the AI discussion I had mentioned submitted student work with Turnitin AI scores of over 50%. I spoke to our Dean of Students who confirmed that Conduct
Board complaints based on AI usage is on the rise. Here are some other points she mentioned that may be of interest to this group:</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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AI outputs that are generative. </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Verdana Pro",sans-serif">The board is now asking faculty/students to provide writing samples for comparison. This may not be of much help in 100% online classes where the writing sample could also be AI generated.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Verdana Pro",sans-serif">There is an increase in “confessions”. More students are admitting AI usage when confronted with the AI usage score. This raises an equity issue as those who deny usage are more likely to get away with it
if AI use was prohibited by the professor in the syllabus.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Verdana Pro",sans-serif">Professors’ policies on AI usage widely varies across campus with varying degrees of AI usage allowed. Students can claim confusion when taking multiple classes with varying AI policies.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Verdana Pro",sans-serif;color:black">As I mentioned during our session, all of the above stems from considering AI usage as an impediment to learning. If we were to adopt the approach of “AI as an aid to learning” or “AI usage
as a required skill”, then we would need to rethink and reorient our teaching and evaluation methods, including for our thesis/dissertation students. You might recall our discussion on the value of doing a literature review using AI, or having AI generate
code in a programming class.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Verdana Pro",sans-serif;color:black">As this issue is unlikely to be resolved anytime soon, I suggest we have it as an agenda item for future meeting. </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Verdana Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Sanjay</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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