• Annals of surgery · Aug 2024

    Artificial Intelligence - A Help or Hindrance to Scientific Writing?

    • Philipp Kron, Shahid Farid, Sharib Ali, and Peter Lodge.
    • HPB and Transplant Unit, St. James's University Hospital, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds LS9 7TF, United Kingdom.
    • Ann. Surg. 2024 Aug 1.

    AbstractWe have assessed the chatbot Generative Pre-trained Transformer (ChatGPT), a type of Artificial Intelligence (AI) software designed to simulate conversations with human users, in an experiment designed to test its relevance to scientific writing. ChatGPT could become a promising and powerful tool for tasks such as automated draft generation, which may be useful in academic activities to make writing work faster and easier. However, the use of this tool in scientific writing raises some ethical concerns and therefore there have been calls for it to be regulated. It may be difficult to recognise whether an abstract or paper is written by a chatbot or a human being, because chatbots use advanced techniques, such as natural language processing and machine learning, to generate text that is similar to human writing. To detect the author is a complex task and requires thorough critical reading to reach a conclusion. The aim of this paper is, therefore, to explore the pros and cons of the use of chatbots in scientific writing.Copyright © 2024 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.

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