Is ChatGPT making scientists hyper-productive? The highs and lows of using AI
Academic publishers scrambled to announce policies on the use of ChatGPT and other large language models (LLMs) in the writing process. By last October, 87 of 100 top scientific journals had provided guidance to authors on generative AI, which can create text, images and other content, researchers reported on 31 January in the The BMJ1.
But that s not the only way in which ChatGPT and other LLMs have begun to change scientific writing. In academia s competitive environment, any tool that allows researchers to produce more publications is going to be a very attractive proposition , says digital-innovation researcher Savvas Papagiannidis at Newcastle University in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Generative AI is continuing to improve so publishers, grant-funding agencies and scientists must consider what constitutes ethical use of LLMs, and what over-reliance on these tools says about a research landscape that encourages hyper-productivity.
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