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Interpreting Ethics of AI Use

by Kimberly A. Bain
Palm Beach Atlantic University

In the age of widespread sharing of information, students may see generative AI practices as just another tool to develop their academic work. Situating ethics in the context of student writing practices means considering its new technology that has reimagined its concept. Ethics no longer has solely human implications, but those that give technology a place in the discussion. To engage students in concepts of ethics in argumentation, I apply the 2023 New York Times vs. OpenAI civil case and its reflections to the analysis of various news articles in my Advanced Composition course. Through this analysis, students identify rhetorical practices of strategic framing of information through a double-lens analysis of ethical practices of handling information. 

FAQs about Language and Linguistics in Writing

by Laura Aull and Shawna Shapiro

 

Many writing instructors, administrators, students, and scholars share important questions about how rhetoric and linguistics are similar and different, what linguistics offers to writing studies, and how to support writing development and linguistic equality. We've consolidated the most common queries we receive into the following three FAQs.