TY - JOUR
T1 - Calling BS on ChatGPT
T2 - Reflections on AI as a Communication Source
AU - Sundar, S. Shyam
AU - Liao, Mengqi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 The Author(s).
PY - 2023/6
Y1 - 2023/6
N2 - The arrival of ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence (AI) writers has captured the popular imagination, but also raised grave concerns. What are the implications of the widespread deployment of such content generation technologies? How should we, as communication scholars, think about and study AI writing tools? We discuss these questions by reflecting on research highlighting the psychological effects of AI as a source of communication. We identify key future research directions, including a redefinition of concepts like creativity, addressing major weaknesses of AI writers, and motivating design of better AI tools with an eye toward reclaiming human agency in the post-ChatGPT era.
AB - The arrival of ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence (AI) writers has captured the popular imagination, but also raised grave concerns. What are the implications of the widespread deployment of such content generation technologies? How should we, as communication scholars, think about and study AI writing tools? We discuss these questions by reflecting on research highlighting the psychological effects of AI as a source of communication. We identify key future research directions, including a redefinition of concepts like creativity, addressing major weaknesses of AI writers, and motivating design of better AI tools with an eye toward reclaiming human agency in the post-ChatGPT era.
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U2 - 10.1177/15226379231167135
DO - 10.1177/15226379231167135
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85160453222
SN - 1522-6379
VL - 25
SP - 165
EP - 180
JO - Journalism and Communication Monographs
JF - Journalism and Communication Monographs
IS - 2
ER -