Generative AI can produce useful drafts, explanations, images, audio, and video. It can also make convincing mistakes, reflect harmful assumptions, expose information shared carelessly, or create media that audiences misunderstand. Responsible use means matching the tool to the risk and preserving meaningful human judgment.
This page provides general practical guidance, not legal, medical, financial, or institutional advice. For high-stakes work, use qualified professionals and the policies that govern your situation.
AI can be wrong
A system may invent a fact, source, quotation, event, or explanation while sounding certain. This is often called hallucination. Fluency is not evidence. Verify important claims in authoritative sources, recalculate figures, test code, and open citations yourself.
Scale review to potential harm
A playful brainstorming list and a medical instruction do not deserve the same level of trust. Consider who could be affected, whether the result is reversible, and whether a mistake would be detected. Increase expertise and independent checks as the stakes rise.
- Low risk: private ideation or a disposable first draft.
- Moderate risk: public communication, educational material, or business documentation.
- High risk: decisions or guidance affecting health, safety, rights, money, employment, or legal obligations.
Minimize sensitive input
Do not share information merely because it makes a prompt convenient. Remove names and identifiers, use synthetic examples, and provide only the fields required for the task. Never paste passwords, access tokens, or authentication details. Follow Cafa AI’s current privacy policy and any rules set by your employer, school, client, or data owner.
Consider originality and rights
Generated output can resemble familiar material or include unwanted logos and phrases. Review it before publication, add genuine human contribution, preserve source attribution, and respect licenses and contractual restrictions on input material. Do not assume that generation automatically settles ownership or permission questions.
Treat likeness, voice, and identity with care
Do not create deceptive impersonations or suggest that someone said, did, or endorsed something they did not. Obtain appropriate consent before using a person’s image or voice in synthetic media. Think about likely audience interpretation, not only the creator’s private intention.
Look for exclusion and stereotypes
Prompts and outputs can encode assumptions about identity, ability, culture, or role. Review who is represented, who is absent, and whether attributes were added without a reason. For consequential decisions, an AI output should not substitute for a fair, explainable process.
Use AI without misrepresenting work
In education, follow course rules and disclose assistance when required. In professional work, do not claim review, expertise, research, or personal experience that did not occur. Rewriting and detection tools should not be used to evade a legitimate policy or make an unsupported accusation.
Before you use or share an output
- Can I explain where its important facts came from?
- Did I remove unnecessary sensitive information?
- Could this mislead someone about a real person or event?
- Have I checked for harmful assumptions and missing perspectives?
- Does a qualified person need to review it?
- Am I willing to take responsibility for the final version?