Is ChatGPT Making Scientists Hyper-Productive? The Highs and Lows of Using AI
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Excessive reliance on AI may intensify performance expectations for both students and instructors and may contribute to cognitive fatigue due to continuous assessment pressures.
“Prillaman [63] warns that excessive reliance on AI may intensify performance expectations for both students and instructors and may contribute to cognitive fatigue due to continuous assessment pressures.”
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- Authors
- Prillaman, M.
- Corresponding author
- Prillaman, McKenzie
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 2024-02-28
- Volume
- 627
- Issue
- 8002
- Pages
- 16-17
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- OpenAlex
- W4392231154
- Cited by
- 41
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 18 · 2024: 19
- FWCI
- 60.99
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Nature (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Academic Writing and Publishing
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Information Systems and Management › Academic Publishing and Open Access
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Artificial Intelligence in Education
- Keywords
- ChatGPT, large language models, scientific writing, scholarly publishing, research productivity, artificial intelligence in science, research ethics
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