Proteopedia talk:Guidelines for Ethical Writing
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Ethical use of artificial intelligence tools
Whenever you use text or coordinates generated by artificial intelligence (for example ChatGPT or AlphaFold), you should acknowledge it. Even when using these tools, you are responsible for the content of articles and edits. Remember that your name is associated with content that you post. Specific guidelines follow. As this is a rapidly evolving field, tools available to you might not be mentioned yet, Still, the general principle of acknowledging AI tools and personal responsibility for submitted content apply.
Generated Coordinates
If you use structure prediction tools (for example AlphaFold) to generate coordinates, you should make sure that the header section of the uploaded coordinate file states that the coordinates are not based on experimental data but are predictions, and states the methods used. As you create interactive Jmol figures based on these coordinates, make sure to mention that coordinates are predictions in the figure caption. Include at least one figure that shows an estimate of coordinate error, such as coloring the model by pLDDT.
Use of text generation tools
If you use text-generation tools such as ChatGPT or machine translation, indicate this in the acknowledgments. If the first draft is created using these tools, include the prompt in the acknowledgement. If you use AI tools for researching the topic, planning the writing (outline, topic sentences, etc.) or to revise your own writing, acknowledge that as well. For example, say “Karsten Theis used ChatGPT to revise the section on Generated Coordinates”. This way, it is clear who used the tool, and what tool they used to what purpose.
Use of image generation tools
It is unlikely that using an image-generation tool such as Dall-E would be appropriate for Proteopedia articles. In any case, if you upload AI-generated images, indicate it in the meta-data and in the figure caption.
