ChatGPT in Academic Writing and Publishing
Arif Bakla
Abstract
Generative artificial intelligence systems are disruptive technologies that have been found useful in various domains, including academia and education. Being one of these technologies, ChatGPT can have smart conversations with its human users, answer questions and produce content virtually on any topic. Like other conversational agents, ChatGPT has advanced text processing capabilities, such as writing paragraphs, essays, research reports and paraphrasing texts. The use of this technology in academic writing classes and scholarly publications necessitates a discussion of possible problems and challenges that might undermine ethical and responsible use. This is because the ability of this new technology to produce content that sounds like human output has wider ethical implications not only for academic writing and publishing but also for learning and instruction. The issues of concern are related to transparency and credibility of the content, ownership of the text produced and integrity.