Artificial Intelligence
at MSP

The Michigan School of Psychology has a comprehensive policy defining acceptable and unacceptable GenAI use. This can be found on page 51 of the MSP catalog.  

Appropriate uses are:

1. Copy editing and proofreading of a student’s original work without generation of additional ideas or sources not originally expressed or cited (e.g., use of proofreading tools in Grammarly). 

2. Suggesting potential restructuring or revision of the composition of a student’s original work without generation of additional ideas or sources not originally expressed or cited (e.g., “Help me restructure the following passage of my writing to improve readability and flow. Do not add ideas not already expressed in the passage.”). 

3. Providing feedback on a draft of a student’s original work to allow the student to independently make revisions to improve clarity, coherence, conciseness, etc. (e.g., “Provide me with feedback on how to reduce the length of my article summary without loss of important information.”). 

4. Other uses meant to help revise and improve writing that is substantively the original work of the student. 

The core message is that AI should only be used for language refinement as an editor. It should never create content or co-author your work. 

Not all Generative AI is considered acceptable for academic purposes. The following tools are approved by the Michigan School of Psychology.

1. ResearchRabbit and Litmaps - optimize the search process with citation mapping, including monitoring new literature

2. Elicit and Sapien - considered research assistants, best for distilling research articles

3. Perplexity - primarily an information gathering tool promoted for its accuracy and reliability for academic use