Does Your Department Have an AI Policy? Here’s Edinburgh’s

Has your department instituted an AI policy? If so, whom does it govern, and what does it say? What should such a policy say? Has your department considered an AI policy but held off on writing or implementing it? If so, what issues, disputes, or questions have contributed to the delay? Does your department even have the institutional authority to have such a policy? Would it be better to not have a policy? These and other questions are prompted today by word that the Department of Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh recently adopted a policy for the use of AI by students in philosophy courses. It’s the default policy, which means it can be superseded by policies developed by individual instructors for their courses or approved disability accommodations. Here it is: Policy on the use of AI in Philosophy Courses Summary: Edinburgh philosophy is human made! The use of AI is prohibited when completing assessed work in philosophy. Definition: AI includes but is not limited to…