Scientific Writing in the Age of Generative AI
Scientific exploration and writing in the age of generative AI:
“The researchers [Roy Kishony and Tal Ifargan] designed a software package that automatically fed prompts to ChatGPT and built on its responses to refine the paper over time. This autonomous data-to-paper system led the chatbot through a step-by-step process that mirrors the scientific process, from initial data exploration, through writing data analysis code and interpreting the results, to writing a polished manuscript.” [1]
To be honest certain aspects of this new regime is actually quite appealing. But what about the idea “Writing is Thinking” [2][3]? Will we witness a generation suffering from intellectual muscle atrophy?
(On Mastodon)
Originally posted on LinkedIn.
References
[1] Gemma Conroy. 2023. “Scientists used ChatGPT to generate an entire paper from scratch - but is it any good?” Nature. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-02218-z
[2] Steven Mintz. November 2021. “Writing Is Thinking.” Inside Higher Ed. https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/higher-ed-gamma/writing-thinking
[3] Steph Smith. October 2019. “Writing is Thinking: Learning to Write with Confidence.” https://blog.stephsmith.io/learning-to-write-with-confidence/