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Developing a Personal AI Use Policy
A personal AI policy clarifies how you use AI ethically across contexts. Worth developing thoughtfully.
Creators · Ethics & Society · ~7 min read
The premise
Personal AI policies clarify ethical use across contexts; worth developing thoughtfully.
What AI does well here
- Define what AI use is acceptable in your work
- Define what AI use is not acceptable
- Clarify disclosure standards
- Update as your practice evolves
What AI cannot do
- Anticipate every situation in advance
- Substitute personal policy for institutional norms
- Make policy that doesn't survive contact with reality
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Practice this safely
Use a small project example from your own work. The useful move is to compare the AI's draft against your goal, sources, and constraints before you trust it.
- 1Ask AI to explain personal policy in plain language, then underline anything that sounds uncertain or too broad.
- 2Give it one detail from "Developing a Personal AI Use Policy" and ask for two possible next steps plus one reason each step might be wrong.
- 3Check ethics against a trusted source, teacher, adult, expert, or original document before you use it.
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