2023年10⽉23⽇
2024年3⽉博⼠課程修了予定ならびに修⼠課程修了予定のみなさん（英語版）：
神⼾⼤学理学研究科化学専攻教員会議

The Chemistry Department Faculty Council discussed how generative AI (conversational AI and translationAI) should or should not be used in writing doctoral dissertations or master's theses and developed a nine-point
guideline. The English version here is an English translation of the Japanese version using DeepL, with content
and terminology checked by several faculty members.
1.

There are various opinions about the merits and demerits of using generative AI in education and research.
Moreover, the performance and mechanisms of AI are changing rapidly. Be sure to consult with yoursupervisor about how you should/should not use generative AI when you are writing your dissertation. Itis strongly recommended that you do this before you begin writing your dissertation, rather than before
you submit it.

2.

If you have used a generative AI in the preparation of your dissertation, indicate which AI and how you
used it in a separate section at the end of the final chapter or between the final chapter and theacknowledgments, if there is an acknowledgments section.

3.

The dissertation is primarily a written text, and the generating AI will produce the text according to yourinstructions. You are prohibited from submitting the text generated by the AI as if it were written by you.

4.

It is not uncommon for an AI-generated document to contain errors that could be described as outright lies.
You are responsible for any factual errors in your submitted dissertation or thesis if you fail to check thefacts.

5.

Even if there are no errors in the generated AI document, the text is a patchwork of words and phrases
written by someone else. Even if you do not intend to plagiarize, your dissertation may be judged as
plagiarism when it is checked for duplicates using a bibliographic database. While it is acceptable to use
information collected by the generated AI, your dissertation is a document that should be written in yourown words.

6.

Do not cite generative AIs in reference sections because you will not get the same answer when you ask
the same question to the same AI. In addition, do not cite references that you have not read. You areencouraged to search the literature database by keywords to find previous studies, but you should not cite
based on the title or abstract of the literature you find.

7.

It is possible to have an AI create the programs necessary for data processing and graphing. When using
programs created by an AI, be sure to check the programs by yourself for correctness and bugs. Instead ofprocessing real data, input test data that you have created for operation verification and check thecorrectness of the output before using the program. In the unlikely event that an erroneous program is usedand leads to an incorrect conclusion, the responsibility for the error lies with you. In addition, state that youused a generative AI to create the program according to Item 2.

8.

You may use a translation AI to translate a draft paper written in Japanese into English, to correct draft
Japanese into more readable Japanese, or to correct a draft written in English. Check by yourself whether
the words and expressions in the sentences translated or corrected by the AI are correct. You should also
indicate that you used a generated AI to translate or correct the text according to Item 2, and the sameapplies if you used a human translation service rather than an AI.

9.

There is an important note related to Item 8. Current AIs record the sentences entered by a user and may
use them to answer another user. Hence, if sentences containing research results are submitted for language
correction, there is a risk that the contents may be leaked to a third party. The extent to which leakage is or
is not allowed depends on whether or not the results have already been published as a journal paper, thenature of the research, and the relationship with your collaborating parties. Consult with your supervisorand obtain his/her permission before submitting any text that contains your own research results forlanguage correction.