Artificial intelligence in scientific writing: a friend or a foe?

The generative pre-trained transformer, ChatGPT, is a chatbot that could serve as a powerful tool in scientific writing. ChatGPT isa so-called large language model (LLM) that is trained to mimic the statistical patterns of language in an enormous database of human-generated text combined from text in books, articles and websites across a wide range of domains. ChatGPT can assist scientists with material organization, draft creation and proofreading, making it a valuable tool in research and publishing. This paper discusses the use of this artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot in academic writing by presenting one simplified example. Specifically, it reflects our experience of using ChatGPT to draft a scientific article for Reproductive BioMedicine Online and highlights the pros, cons and concerns associated with using LLM-based AI for generating a manuscript.

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ChatGPT, a generative pre-trained transformer, is a chatbot that can be a powerful tool in scientific writing. It is a large language model trained to mimic the statistical patterns of language in human-generated text. ChatGPT can assist scientists with material organization, draft creation, and proofreading, making it valuable in research and publishing.