Don't Be an "American" Robot
Most AI is "Westernised." It is trained on
information from America and Europe. Without the user's input, the work will
sound generic. Here is how to keep it legit:
Request AI to give you an outline of the topic you are
working on. Then add to it notes from your own research and include Ugandan
examples.
AI may not understand Ugandan examples, so you have to
provide them yourself.
The Rules of Honesty:
- AI is a tool, not an
author.
Do not put private information in AI tools because many
of them save what you type, so your private details could be kept for a long
time or shared by mistake.
Real student work usually has a few small mistakes or
looks a bit untidy. But when a paper has perfect points, very formal headings,
and no typos at all, it can look like a computer made it in seconds.
Although a smart student can be neat, AI formatting is
often too consistent in a weird way. For example, every single paragraph
is exactly five lines long or uses very "robotic" headings that no
human would naturally think of.
Sometimes AI uses things like "extra commas"
in every single sentence or puts in dashes or semicolons where a Ugandan
student would normally just use a comma.
Some students are so "lazy" that they even
copy the AI’s own formatting notes, like "Would you like me to expand any
of these sections into a more detailed report?”
Even a perfect student paper usually has a "voice”,
that is, a way of explaining things that feels like a person. AI formatting
often feels robotic. It has no soul.
If someone lacks knowledge, the AI controls them. If
someone is an expert, they control the AI.
