Abstract
The debate around the use of GPT-3.5 has been a popular topic among academics since the release of ChatGPT. Whilst some have argued for the advantages of GPT-3.5 in enhancing academic writing, others have raised concerns such as plagiarism, the spread of false information, and ecological issues. The need for finding ways to use GPT-3.5 models transparently has been voiced, and suggestions have been made on social media as to how to use GPT-3.5 models in a smart way. Nevertheless, to date, there is a lack of literature which clearly outlines how to use GPT-3.5 models in academic writing, how effective they are, and how to use them transparently. To address this, I conducted a personal experience experiment with GPT-3.5, specifically by using text-davinci-003 model of OpenAI, for writing this article. I identified six ways of using GPT-3.5: Chunk Stylist, Bullet-to-Paragraph, Talk Textualizer, Research Buddy, Polisher and Rephraser. I reflected on their efficacy, and commented on their potential impact on writing ethics. Additionally, I provided a comprehensive document which shows the prompts I used, results I got from GPT-3.5, the final edits and visually compares those by showing the differences in percentage.
Role: Author
Type: Full Paper
Conference: Proceedings of the 26th International Academic Mindtrek Conference
Stats: h5-index:14
Date: 2023
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BibTeX
@inproceedings{chatgpt2023mindrek,
title = {Academic Writing with GPT-3.5 (ChatGPT): Reflections on Practices, Efficacy and Transparency},
abstract = {The debate around the use of GPT-3.5 has been a popular topic among academics since the release of ChatGPT. Whilst some have argued for the advantages of GPT-3.5 in enhancing academic writing, others have raised concerns such as plagiarism, the spread of false information, and ecological issues. The need for finding ways to use GPT-3.5 models transparently has been voiced, and suggestions have been made on social media as to how to use GPT-3.5 models in a smart way. Nevertheless, to date, there is a lack of literature which clearly outlines how to use GPT-3.5 models in academic writing, how effective they are, and how to use them transparently. To address this, I conducted a personal experience experiment with GPT-3.5, specifically by using text-davinci-003 model of OpenAI, for writing this article. I identified six ways of using GPT-3.5: Chunk Stylist, Bullet-to-Paragraph, Talk Textualizer, Research Buddy, Polisher and Rephraser. I reflected on their efficacy, and commented on their potential impact on writing ethics. Additionally, I provided a comprehensive document which shows the prompts I used, results I got from GPT-3.5, the final edits and visually compares those by showing the differences in percentage.},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 26th International Academic Mindtrek Conference},
pages = {144–153},
author = {Buruk, Oğuz ‘Oz’},
year = {2023},
isbn = {9798400708749},
publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
keywords = {AI, Academic Writing, ChatGPT, Ethics of Writing, GPT, LLM, Language Learning Models},
address = {New York, NY, USA},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3616961.3616992},
doi = {10.1145/3616961.3616992},
series = {Mindtrek '23}
}
Oğuz ‘Oz’ Buruk. 2023. Academic Writing with GPT-3.5 (ChatGPT): Reflections on Practices, Efficacy and Transparency. In Proceedings of the 26th International Academic Mindtrek Conference (Mindtrek '23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 144–153. https://doi.org/10.1145/3616961.3616992
Buruk, O. (2023). Academic Writing with GPT-3.5 (ChatGPT): Reflections on Practices, Efficacy and Transparency. In Proceedings of the 26th International Academic Mindtrek Conference (Mindtrek '23). pp. 144–153. New York, NY, USA, Association for Computing Machinery, https://doi.org/10.1145/3616961.3616992
Buruk, Oğuz ‘Oz’. "Academic Writing with GPT-3.5 (ChatGPT): Reflections on Practices, Efficacy and Transparency." In Proceedings of the 26th International Academic Mindtrek Conference (Mindtrek '23), New York, NY, USA, Association for Computing Machinery, 2023, pp. 144–153. https://doi.org/10.1145/3616961.3616992
Buruk, O. (2023). ‘Academic Writing with GPT-3.5 (ChatGPT): Reflections on Practices, Efficacy and Transparency’, In Proceedings of the 26th International Academic Mindtrek Conference (Mindtrek '23), p. 144–153. New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery, https://doi.org/10.1145/3616961.3616992
Buruk O. Academic Writing with GPT-3.5 (ChatGPT): Reflections on Practices, Efficacy and Transparency. In: Proceedings of the 26th International Academic Mindtrek Conference (Mindtrek '23). New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery; 2023. p. 144–153. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/3616961.3616992
Buruk, Oğuz ‘Oz’. "Academic Writing with GPT-3.5 (ChatGPT): Reflections on Practices, Efficacy and Transparency." In Proceedings of the 26th International Academic Mindtrek Conference (Mindtrek '23), New York, NY, USA, Association for Computing Machinery, (2023): 144–153. https://doi.org/10.1145/3616961.3616992
BURUK, O. Academic Writing with GPT-3.5 (ChatGPT): Reflections on Practices, Efficacy and Transparency. In: Proceedings of the 26th International Academic Mindtrek Conference (Mindtrek '23). New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery, 2023. pp. 144–153. https://doi.org/10.1145/3616961.3616992
