BLOG: AI IN CREATIVE WRITING

S3: From Assistance to Coauthorship: The Growing Role of ChatGPT

EXPLORING THE IMPACT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ON CREATIVE WRITING

Illustrative figure highlighting the collaboration between humans and AI in creative works (credits DALL-E)

The rise of Generative AI is challenging traditional boundaries of co-authorship, paving the way for models like ChatGPT to be recognized as collaborators in creative and academic works.

This transformation provokes deep reflections on what it means to have an AI as a co-author.

In practice, recognizing an AI as a co-author implies accepting that it contributed significantly to the intellectual content of the work, going beyond the role of a simple tool.

A notable example of this practice is the case of a scientific paper, in which ChatGPT was listed as a co-author. The researchers justified this decision based on the AI’s contribution in tasks such as idea generation, text organization, and literature review.

ChatGPT cited as a co-author in a Scientific Work(link).

In the field of medicine, ChatGPT demonstrated its capabilities by being evaluated in the United States Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE).