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Agents and Schoolwork
Using agents to do your homework FOR you is plagiarism.
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- 2plagiarism
- 3research help
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Section 1
Agents and Schoolwork
Using agents to do your homework FOR you is plagiarism. Using agents to research, organize, and brainstorm is usually fine.
The line is whether YOUR thinking is doing the work. Agents that research are tools. Agents that write are ghostwriters.
Three ways agents cross the line
- Writing essays you submit
- Solving math problems you are supposed to solve
- Taking quizzes for you
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The big idea: Agents are great research helpers and terrible essay-substitutes. Know the difference.
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