Exploring AI Tools for Fan Fiction Writing: Perceptions Across Disciplines

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24/10/2024-25/10/2024

Over the past two decades, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its advancements have significantly transformed society, profoundly impacting personal and professional realms. While technological innovations like the Internet and smartphone applications fostered mobility, the COVID-19 pandemic prompted profound reflections on life and work. This led to rapid adjustments in online teaching, sparking reevaluation of personal beliefs and professional values. As the pandemic waned, traditional teaching resumed, but societal values and ethical considerations persist. AI's expansion raises questions, particularly in academia, about its ethical use. In various disciplines, the debate over AI ethics varies substantially, creating ethical dilemmas for some students, while others remain indifferent. These debates encompass issues like academic integrity, plagiarism, and AI-generated assignments, reflecting broader societal concerns. Ethical reflections persist despite the rapidly evolving landscape of technological advancements. This theory-into-practice paper presents a transdisciplinary didactic approach for an English as a foreign language learning environment where Master-level students from differing disciplines are encouraged to use AI-based tools for a creative assignment in a Fan Fiction-based Literature course. The AI-based tools range from plan outline conception tools, error correction instruments, text to image artwork generators, and eventually full out creative writing applications. The paper will not only focus on the methodological approach to this activity. It will also provide an overview of the students' ethical perceptions and utilization or avoidance of AI-based tools for creative writing process, which constitutes the data obtained from the questionnaire administered to the participating students from the diverse disciplines.

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