Policy statement on the use of AI in our courses

We believe that AI is a powerful and innovative technology which can deliver significant benefits.

Therefore, in our online learning programmes, we will:

  • Make use of AI to generate interesting and engaging course material
  • Seek to expose our learners to the capabilities and pitfalls of AI
  • Encourage our learners to question and evaluate all the material whether generated by humans alone or with the help of AI
  • Include content to help our learners harness AI and understand its implications for the topic under consideration.

However, we also believe that

  • AI is not self-aware
  • AI has no understanding of whether the content generated is accurate or valid
  • AI has no concept of the limits of its own understanding and expertise

Therefore all AI-generated content will only be included after scrutiny by a human expert, and in many cases after significant experimentation by the (human) course developer into the correct questions to ask the AI.

We refer to this content as human-curated AI-generated content.