HaEBI Unhas Educates Students on AI Use in Scientific Writing
HaEBI Unhas highlights AI use in scientific writing, showing how students can benefit without losing academic integrity.
MAKASSAR — HaEBI Unhas Educates Students on AI Use in Scientific Writing at a seminar in the Pegadaian Room on the third floor of the Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Hasanuddin, on Monday, June 22. The session put artificial intelligence and academic ethics in the same room, with students urged to use AI as support, not as a substitute for thinking.
FEB Unhas alumnus Naufal Muh Aksah SE delivered the main talk. He said AI can speed up parts of the writing process, but it cannot take over the student’s responsibility for the final result. That warning matters for campuses where generative tools are now only a few taps away.
Fast answers are easy to get. The harder part is still human.
HaEBI Unhas Educates Students on AI Use in Scientific Writing
In his presentation, Naufal described how artificial intelligence has moved beyond simple classroom support. He said it now appears in teaching materials, research assistance, and even scientific publication workflows. For students, that shift changes the way papers are drafted, checked, and revised.
He outlined several ways AI can help. It can suggest research topics, organize an outline, improve grammar, and offer alternative phrasing that fits journal style. Used properly, he said, the tool can make the writing process more efficient and less intimidating for students who are still learning how to build an academic argument.
“Artificial intelligence can help the thinking process, organize ideas, clarify structure, improve language, and provide alternative perspectives. However, it must not replace human intellectual responsibility,” Naufal said during the seminar.
That line drew the clearest boundary of the day. AI may assist. It should not decide. In scientific writing, the student still has to understand the topic, choose the evidence, and explain why one argument fits better than another. Without that, a paper may look polished on the surface and still fall apart under review.
Why the warning matters for students
The warning also speaks to what is happening on campus right now. AI tools are becoming normal study companions. Students use them to brainstorm, summarize readings, and clean up language. Some even lean on them when deadlines pile up. The temptation is obvious. The machine responds quickly, never tires, and sounds confident.
That speed comes with a cost. Naufal cautioned that careless use can create dependence. Students may stop checking original sources, lose the habit of reading carefully, and accept answers that sound right even when they are not. In academic work, that habit can be dangerous. One weak citation can weaken an entire paper.
He also warned that polished output does not guarantee accuracy. AI can produce sentences that look smooth while still carrying factual errors, weak logic, or unsupported claims. In science writing, those mistakes are more than cosmetic. They can distort the argument and mislead the reader.
The broader message was simple: students need to stay in control. AI may help them move faster, but it cannot carry the burden of verification, revision, or accountability. Those tasks still belong to the writer.
Academic integrity stays at the center
For universities, the issue goes beyond one seminar. Generative AI is now forcing lecturers and students to rethink where assistance ends and authorship begins. That question is becoming more urgent as AI tools spread across classrooms, research projects, and publication channels.
Naufal’s remarks pointed to a practical standard: use the tool, but keep the mind active. Students should verify data, read original references, and test whether an argument really holds together before submitting any paper. He stressed that scientific writing should grow from honest thought, not from copy-paste habits dressed up by automated text.
The audience in Makassar heard a message that applies far beyond FEB Unhas. AI can help build a draft. It can improve phrasing. It can suggest structure. But it cannot replace the discipline of reading, comparing sources, and defending an idea. That remains the student’s work.
At the end of the seminar, the line was still the same one Naufal had laid down earlier: AI helps, humans decide. For students learning to write scientifically in an era of instant machine support, that sentence may be the most important one from the room on June 22.
The seminar was held in the Pegadaian Room on the third floor of FEB Unhas, where the conversation about AI use in scientific writing came down to one sharp rule: assistance is allowed, but the final academic responsibility stays with the student.
