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With Generative AI
Gospel Insight
In the wilderness, Lehi’s family was given a divine tool—the Liahona. But it didn’t work by default. It responded only to faith, diligence, and intentionality. Elder David A. Bednar taught in a 2024 BYU devotional:
“There are no spiritual shortcuts or quick fixes. Ongoing conversion requires sustained work.”
So it is with writing—and with using generative AI. This tool is powerful, but it’s not a shortcut. It doesn’t replace your judgment, your effort, or your integrity. Like the Liahona, AI guides best when you engage it faithfully and purposefully.
“Generative AI can speed up your writing—but it can’t replace your judgment.”
AI won’t think for you, lead for you, or become you. It’s a tool, not a replacement. It responds to the clarity of your intent and the strength of your effort. Keep your hand on the helm. Use AI with faith, diligence, and integrity—and it can help you write, lead, and live with greater clarity and purpose.
Used wisely, it can support your journey to become a more thoughtful, Christlike communicator—someone who seeks truth, builds others, and uses every tool for good.
Project Roadmap
The Writing with Generative AI assignment is the first in a series of scaffolding assignments for your high-stakes Business Research Article project. This assignment will help you practice thinking and writing with AI—not just generating content, but learning how to collaborate with a powerful tool. You’ll complete four simple steps:
- Explore and Narrow Your Topic with AI
- Experiment with Storytelling
- Use Chain-of-Thought Prompting
- Reflect Honestly
Why This Matters
Knowing how to use AI skillfully and ethically will be essential in your career. Practice now, in a supportive educational environment, to share rapidly evolving AI techniques with your peers and teachers. Learning to use AI on this scaffolding assignment will make all subsequent steps of writing your business research article much, much easier.
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This learning module should take you about 1 hour to complete.
By the end of this unit, students will be able to:
Explain the role of generativ AI in business communication.
Construct strong AI prompts using chain-of-thought reasoning.
Collaborate with AI to support data-driven storytelling.
Develop an ethical strategy for integrating AI into professional communication
Disciplinary Writing
This chapter encourages students to maintain a clear, purposeful voice in their writing, even when using generative AI. It teaches students to adapt AI outputs to fit the tone, structure, and expectations of business communication genres. Students learn to evaluate AI-generated content for audience fit, ensuring that messages are professional, concise, and rhetorically effective.
Academic Research
Students are taught to critically assess the outputs of AI tools, especially in the context of business research and decision-making. The chapter emphasizes verifying sources, detecting hallucinated content, and following ethical citation practices, helping students develop strong information literacy and responsible research habits.
Writing Processes
The lesson positions generative AI as a tool to support brainstorming, drafting, and revising. Students are guided through iterative thinking processes, including comparing their own ideas with AI suggestions, revising content for clarity and accuracy, and proofreading with human judgment. This process develops metacognitive awareness of writing and reinforces the value of revision.
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The chapter encourages ethical use of emerging technologies, prompting students to consider how their values and divine identity influence the way they communicate. By emphasizing accountability and transparency in the use of AI, the lesson invites students to act in ways consistent with Christ-centered principles.
Respect for All
The chapter draws attention to biases and exclusionary language that can emerge in AI-generated content. It challenges students to review outputs through an inclusive lens, ensuring that their writing respects diverse audiences and promotes equity in professional contexts.
Integrity in Action
Students are taught to disclose AI assistance in their writing, critically evaluate AI outputs, and avoid misrepresentation. These practices reflect integrity in communication—demonstrating honesty, authenticity, and accountability in business writing.
Excellence
Rather than relying on AI as a shortcut, students are encouraged to use it as a developmental tool—enhancing the quality, clarity, and impact of their writing. This fosters a standard of excellence where students take ownership of their learning, refine their thinking, and strive to produce high-quality communication.
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