humanise.ai Forum community guidelines

These guidelines apply to every post, reply and profile on the forum. They exist so that people feel safe asking awkward questions about AI and assessment, and so that answers can be trusted. The forum is run by the humanise.ai editorial team, who moderate it under these rules.

Ask specific questions

The best questions give the answerer something to work with. Say where you study or work, and the country, because rules differ between a UK university, an Australian one and a New Zealand employer. Name the tool, such as ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot or Claude, and what you used it for. Quote the wording of the policy you are working under, for example the line in your module handbook or your employer's acceptable use policy. Say what you have already tried. "Turnitin flagged my essay" gets a general reply. "My Russell Group university's assessment policy allows AI for brainstorming but not drafting, and Turnitin shows 38 per cent on a reflective essay I wrote myself. What do I send to the academic integrity office?" gets a useful one.

Use AI honestly

This is a forum about using AI writing tools well, and that includes using them within the rules that apply to you. Follow your institution's policy and declare AI help where the policy asks for it. If you are unsure what is allowed, ask your module leader, supervisor or manager, and bring their answer here if you want help reading it.

What is not allowed

• Evading detectors. Do not ask for, or offer, ways to make AI-written text slip past Turnitin, GPTZero or any other detector in a context where AI use is not permitted. Posts of this kind are removed. We do not promise that any tool or edit will beat a detector, and we do not help anyone try.
• Contract cheating. Do not ask anyone to write, rewrite or complete assessed work for you, and do not offer to do so. That includes essay mills, paid ghost writing, and swapping answers on live assessments.
• Personal data. Do not post your own or anyone else's phone number, address, student number or private emails. Blur or remove identifying details from screenshots.
• Confidential material. Do not paste client documents, unpublished exam papers, marking schemes, internal employer documents or anything covered by a non-disclosure agreement.
• Real people's names. Do not name real students, lecturers, markers or colleagues, in complaints or in examples. Describe the role instead, such as "my module leader".
• Abuse and spam. No harassment, discrimination, advertising, affiliate links or repeated self-promotion.

How answers cite sources

Answers should say where a rule comes from. When an editor cites a university policy, a vendor's documentation or a published study, the answer links to that page and says when it was last read. A vendor's own claim is labelled as the vendor's claim. If a figure cannot be traced to a source, it is left out. Members are asked to do the same: link to the policy, quote the sentence that matters, and say when it was published. Experience is welcome and is labelled as experience: "at my university the panel asked for version history" is useful, but it is not a rule.

Be kind about detector worries

Many people on the forum are frightened after a flag. Detectors give probabilities, not proof, and they produce false positives, particularly for writers whose first language is not English. Answers will explain how a score is read and how to prepare for a meeting, including by gathering notes, drafts and version history. Nobody here will tell you that you are guilty or innocent, and we ask members not to either.

Reporting posts

Use the report option on any post that breaks these guidelines. Say briefly why. You can also write to hello@humaniseai.ai. Reports are read by the editors, and reporters are not named to the person reported.

Moderation

Editors may edit a post to remove personal data, move it to a better section, add a source or close a thread. We may remove posts that break the guidelines. For a first or minor breach, we will usually explain what was wrong and ask you to edit it. Repeated or serious breaches, such as contract cheating offers, abuse or spam, lead to removal of the posts and of the account. If you think a decision was wrong, write to the address above, and a different editor will look at it where possible. Moderation decisions are about conduct, not about whether we agree with your view.

These guidelines may change. The date at the top shows the latest revision, and our terms of use apply alongside them.