Chat gpt as an assistant in students’ research

Abstract

The guidelines draft specifies that teachers will have different expectations, and it is important for students to verify what these expectations are before submitting their paper. When research advisors permit the students to use ChatGPT, the latter need to document the use of ChatGPT in the methods or acknowledgements sections of a paper. If a paper does not include these sections, the introduction or another appropriate section can be used to document the use of ChatGPT or any other large language model. The student should ask their research advisor if they have different expectations. There are significant privacy and security concerns to using ChatGPT that has not been checked through university information technology channels that students should be aware of. Recent developments show that AI is a technology that, although not embraced universally, can’t be ignored. It is already changing the way we learn, teach and research. Used ethically, ChatGPT could provide students with a more relevant learning and research experience, and advance their research engagement.