Don't Cheat

Using AI becomes cheating when you use it to do a graded task that is meant to show what YOU can do — like answering questions on a closed-book test — or when you hand in AI's work as if you made it yourself. It also becomes tricking when you use AI to deceive a person, such as faking a message so it looks like someone else sent it. The honest line: did I use AI where it wasn't allowed, or let it make something I'm claiming as my own?

Yes. Cheating is wrong because of what it does, not because of getting caught. Letting AI answer a test gives you a grade that says you can do something you actually can't — which is unfair to classmates and deceives whoever reads the grade. Honesty means doing the right thing whether or not anyone is watching.

Yes — before a graded test, you can use AI to quiz you, explain a mistake, or help you understand an idea, as long as YOU still do the learning and you take the test with only what you learned. The problem is using AI during the test itself, or anywhere it isn't allowed, or claiming its work as your own.

It means using AI to deceive someone — for example making a note look like your parent signed it, writing a message that pretends to be your teacher or a friend, or handing in AI's work and saying you wrote it. Even a small trick is still deceiving a real person who trusts you.

It is a Stage 5 lesson for roughly ages 10–11 in KAVI Academy's AI-literacy track. It uses a short story, sorting and reasoning games, and ethical-choice practice.

Yes — this overview and the printable PDF handout are free. The full interactive lesson and the endless practice are part of KAVI Academy.