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AOWIS AI Usage Guide v1.0

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Guidelines for controlled and verifiable use of AI in AOWIS.

Purpose

This document defines how Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools MAY be used in the creation, modification, and review of AOWIS documentation and system designs.

AOWIS is an Open Standard developed and curated by human experts. All submissions will be checked and validated by human experts. The use of AI tools is acceptable only when assisting humans with spelling, grammar, or language clarity. It is strongly discouraged to let AI automatically "correct" whole pages or paragraphs, and then just copy and paste it into the Wiki, because this will result in "hallucinations" (false, made up content) sneaking into the Wiki, and will lead to degraded content quality.

If you want to use AI to check your grammar and spelling or your language and tone in general, the suggested way is to ask it to point out to you suggestions to change, and you change it manually yourself if you find the suggestions useful. Using AI in this way makes sure all content is reviewed by a human and also supports contributor skill development, whereas direct copy-and-paste of AI content provides no opportunity for learning or improvement.

Replacing actual research or engineering work with AI-generated content is not acceptable.

If AOWIS staff detect AI-generated content in any submission, enforcement actions may be taken depending on severity. Detection may be based on the judgment of staff members, as determining AI usage is not always fully certain. When staff reasonably conclude that a violation has occurred, this may result in rejection of the submission, a warning, or suspension of the contributor’s account.

Requirements

REQ-AI-001: All AOWIS content MUST originate from human authors, except where AI-generated content is explicitly included and identified in accordance with REQ-AI-007 and REQ-AI-008. Inclusion of AI-generated content SHOULD NOT be done and is intended only for exceptional cases. Human contributors remain responsible for all submitted content.

REQ-AI-002: AI MAY be used to suggest improvements in spelling, grammar, tone, or structure, but MUST NOT generate complete sections or research content without human authorship.

REQ-AI-003: AI-assisted content MUST be reviewed and manually applied by the contributor before inclusion in any AOWIS document.

REQ-AI-004: Contributors MUST NOT include AI-generated content in the wiki without human review and approval, except as permitted under REQ-AI-007.

REQ-AI-005: Replacing any actual research or engineering work with AI-generated content MUST NOT be done. 

REQ-AI-006: Detection of AI misuse MAY be based on staff judgment. Reasonable conclusions of AI misuse MAY result in warnings, rejection, or suspension of contributor privileges.

REQ-AI-007: Unmodified AI-generated content SHOULD NOT be included. If it is included, it MUST be limited to generic, non-safety-critical information that can be externally verified and does not constitute original research, analysis, or engineering work, and it MUST be explicitly identified as AI-generated within the document.

REQ-AI-008: Identification of AI-generated content MUST include a visible notice directly preceding the content, stating the AI system used and the date of generation.

Definitions

Artificial Intelligence (AI): A software system capable of generating text, suggestions, or structured outputs based on input prompts.

AI-Generated Content: Any text, structure, or data produced by an AI system.

Human Reviewer: A person responsible for verifying correctness, compliance, and safety of content.

Notes

AI content generators may appear capable of handling any task. However AI created content is typically shallow, poorly grounded in reality, repetitive and not well structured. It is important to understand the strengths and weaknesses of AI tools: They can be useful as a support tool to assist human authors, but they must not be used as content creators.

AI-generated content is also highly sensitive to input prompts, the framing of questions, and prior conversation context. Slight changes in wording or the order of interactions can produce substantially different outputs. This variability reinforces why unreviewed AI content is unreliable for accuracy, consistency, or safety-critical information, and highlights the need for human authorship and careful verification.

AI MAY be used for:

  • checking tone, grammar and spelling
  • helping phrase human-drafted content to match the AOWIS Writing Style Guide
  • identifying errors and inconsistencies

AI MUST NOT be used for:

  • avoiding effort
  • reducing costs
  • generating full articles or paragraphs
  • replacing actual research or engineering work

AI Content Notice Template

To maintain transparency when AI-generated content is included (exceptionally), AOWIS provides the following template. It MUST be used directly before AI content that has not been post-edited and MUST specify the AI system and the date of generation. Additionally it MAY specify the scope of the AI content for further clarification: 

{{AI-Generated
 | tool=Copilot
 | date=2026-04-07
 | scope=this example
}}

This is how the final render should look like:

AI-Generated Content Notice: The following content (this example) was generated using Copilot on 2026-04-07.
[Included in accordance with the AOWIS AI Usage Guide (REQ-AI-007, REQ-AI-008) and MAY require verification and/or post-editing.]

Notes:

  • The notice must be visible and unambiguous.
  • This is only acceptable for generic, non-safety-critical content that can be externally verified and does not constitute original research, analysis, or engineering work.
  • For all other content, human authorship is required in accordance with REQ-AI-001 through REQ-AI-008.

End of AI Usage Guide (v1.0)

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