Using AI Responsibly in This Course

Generative AI is a creative collaborator in this course, not a shortcut around your own thinking. This page sets the expectations you will follow here, and it models the kind of policy you may later write for your own classroom.

What you may do

• Use GenAI tools to generate, remix, and iterate on music, scripts, animation, and video for every lesson activity. That is the point of the course.
• Use a text model to brainstorm, outline, or critique your rationales and reflections.
• Share AI-generated artifacts with peers in the galleries, as long as you label them.

What you must do

1. Disclose. Every artifact you share carries a one-line credit that names the tool, the version if shown, and what you did yourself. Example: "Melody and vocals generated in Suno v4 from my lyrics; arrangement edited and mixed by me in Soundtrap."
2. Write your own rationale and reflections. These are the evidence of your thinking. You may use a text model to check clarity, but the ideas and the wording must be yours.
3. Respect people. Do not clone the voice, likeness, or signature style of a real, named artist or a real person you know. Do not upload other people's recordings or images without permission.
4. Check before you trust. When a model gives you a fact (a composer's dates, a theater convention, a copyright rule), verify it before you repeat it.
5. Protect data. Do not enter student names, grades, or health information into any tool.

What you must not do

• Submit an artifact you did not make or shape yourself.
• Present AI-generated text as your own reflection.
• Use tools to produce content that demeans a group of people or depicts real individuals in sexual, violent, or defamatory ways.

Why this matters in the arts

Musicians and actors have a direct stake in how GenAI is trained and used. Many models were trained on recordings and performances without artists' consent, and the legal landscape is unsettled. Lessons 1.4 and 2.4 examine these questions in depth. For now, adopt the working stance of this course: use the tools, credit the tools, and keep the human artist visibly in the loop.

Your turn

Copy the one-line credit format above into a note. You will paste a version of it under every artifact you share.