Hi,
Base on the recent trends regarding the so called "ChatGPT", where many researchers are be a ware of using this amazing search tool, so my question is:
Do you think that ChatGPT is suitable as an academic research tool?
Regards,
Emad
I think that a lot depends on what you mean by "research tool." For example, do you mean as a tool for collecting and analyzing data, or as an assistant in literature review, or what?
I haven‘t tried ChatGPT, but the AI in Snapchat and bacame surporised to see that it does answer quite difficult questions well, even on scientific matters. And gave answers on questions fast that has not been answered here on Researchgate. If they behave similarly, I would expect that ChatGpt indeed would be useful in the search part of reserach, possibly also on information on mechanisms, and the level of complexibility of a problem.
In the exchange for no or slow arriving answers these late gen AI engines are likely to be useful. And they lkearn from your communication with them if their algorithms find it useful.
Emad Kamil Hussein
Dear Professor,
Thank you for the interesting question.
I am in a teaching profession for about more than six years. In these years, I have seen that what matters in academics and research is the perseverance of a student, more than her/ his intellectual heights. So, it depends on the student that whether she/he is going to use ChatGPT as an academic research tool. As far as I understand, it can be used. But, the more relevant question is that how many are going to use.
Best regards,
Anamitra.
Of course, Dear Emad Kamil Hussein ! You can see in this regards the discussion: https://www.researchgate.net/post/ChatGPT_to_provide_answers_to_scientific_questions_of_ResearcheGate_members
Some of the threads referenced here raise the issue of the extent to which ChatGPT could replace ResearchGate -- in other words, could one get answers to typical RG questions by referring them to ChatGPT rather than waiting for replies here (plus having to sift out which replies were most useful).
Of course, that depends on the nature of the question being asked. In particular, my experience is that you have to learn how to query ChatGPT effectively -- but that is also the case for asking meaningful questions here on RG.
In my experience, ChatGPT is a slippery resource to rely on. For one thing, it's not designed to be a research bot, but a chatbot. That means its primary function is to engage in conversation on the topics raised by its interlocutor. I asked it for some references on a particular topic I was interested in and was shocked when I realised that it had made up most of them (although the authors existed) and others were in restricted-access intrawebs! However, when I told it that it couldn't make up or translate article or book titles, it provided an adequate (albeit unexciting) list of references. I think the important thing is therefore to recognise its limitations and to give it very precise parameters. And remember that the version available online at the moment only gathered data until 2021. In my view, it won't replace a forum like this because different human perspectives will always shed new and interesting light on research topics. But it could be helpful in certain situations.
I believe you have to be careful how you ask questions in Chatgpt because, depending on the question you ask, you can end up inducing the AI to answer something you want to find. Still, you can also manipulate Chatgpt by inducing it to make mistakes, try it. So, I believe that you have to be careful when using it, although this does not make it a bad tool, it is a good one, but it needs to be used with caution.
This question is a rhetorical one, indeed! Even though there are many tools to detect texts imported from ChatGPT, studies in this regard are evolving with interesting findings that can contradict one's stance today or later. The filed is still in its infancy and needs a lot of inputs for understanding its direction
Yes, it is possible because it is one of the educational electronic sources.
Yes, ChatGPT can be used as a tool for assisting in the literature review process of academic research.
NO, I think their word choice is not in an academic context. You can trace it out in the first read itself.
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