ChatGPT and conversational artificial intelligence: Friend, foe, or future of research?

Journal: The American journal of emergency medicine
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Abstract

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are increasingly utilized across healthcare. More recently, there has been a rise in the use AI within research, particularly through novel conversational AI platforms, such as ChatGPT. In this Controversies paper, we discuss the advantages, limitations, and future directions for ChatGPT and other forms of conversational AI in research and scholarly dissemination.

Authors

  • Michael Gottlieb
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, United States of America. Electronic address: MichaelGottliebMD@gmail.com.
  • Jeffrey A Kline
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, United States of America. Electronic address: jkline@wayne.edu.
  • Alexander J Schneider
  • Wendy C Coates
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America.