I've been staring at a blank screen for hours. My friend suggested asking ChatGPT for topic ideas. At first I said no — feels like cheating. But then I thought... is brainstorming really cheating?
One professor wrote that using AI to generate ideas isn't automatically wrong, but you have to be honest about it . The problem starts when you copy-paste without thinking.
I tried it carefully. I gave ChatGPT my course theme and asked for five possible angles. It gave me some decent starting points. Then I took those ideas and made them my own — added my perspective, my examples, my argument.
Does that count as cheating? Or is it just using a tool like I'd use Google or a library database? I honestly don't know.
One professor wrote that using AI to generate ideas isn't automatically wrong, but you have to be honest about it . The problem starts when you copy-paste without thinking.
I tried it carefully. I gave ChatGPT my course theme and asked for five possible angles. It gave me some decent starting points. Then I took those ideas and made them my own — added my perspective, my examples, my argument.
Does that count as cheating? Or is it just using a tool like I'd use Google or a library database? I honestly don't know.
