GuidedAI | Why We Need GenAI Laws, Rules, or Policies

Generative AI, or GenAI for short, is a powerful tool with amazing potential to aid us in plenty of processes. Things from filling out info sheets, managing data, sorting information, and even writing research papers. However, in recent times among the youth, GenAI has built up a reputation as a sort of “fast-forward” tool. Something to get away with doing less or no work at all for any given job involving typing. These GenAIs could possibly be supplying and outputting fallacious statements to unsuspecting people looking to make their lives easier. This is why schools in the Philippines should look into implementing rules so as to maintain the integrity and quality of the work that students put in.

It could be argued that these restrictions might cause a lack of creativity when using GenAI. What we do or don’t do with normal tools like scissors and box cutters shouldn't matter to others, right? However, most tools like scissors and box cutters have the potential to be used detrimentally for others in some extremes. I could cut someone with my cutter, or accidentally cut the paper of another person, depending on how I am using the tool. These restrictions should be viewed more as instructions for using GenAI safely and ethically at all times.

To sum it all up, the abilities of GenAI cannot be understated, which means it is all the more important for governing bodies to establish rules and guidelines in order to allow people to use GenAI as an assisting tool rather than a way to automate jobs.