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Comment on ChatGPT for researchers by Mary Ellen Bates

Mary Ellen Bates — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 04:07:50 +0000

Great question, Claudia! For a number of reasons, I think you don’t really want to reference content from ChatGPT directly. In my experience, it’s useful as a summary of what you’re looking at, but it needs a human (a librarian) to make sense out of the information.
When I asked ChatGPT whether its answers were protected by copyright, it answered:
The answers generated by OpenAI’s ChatGPT are subject to OpenAI’s terms and conditions, which state that the user of the model is granted a license to use the outputs generated by the model, but not the underlying intellectual property embodied in the model itself. It is the responsibility of the user to ensure that the use of the generated outputs is in compliance with all applicable laws.

Comment on ChatGPT for researchers by Claudia Adams

Claudia Adams — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 03:22:16 +0000

Thanks for your insights above Mary Ellen.

I had an interesting query today and was asked how to reference content from ChatGP. It doesn’t fit into any of the formats usually encountered. Have you come across this yet, or have any suggestions?

Comment on ChatGPT for researchers by Scott Attenborough

Scott Attenborough — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:52:45 +0000

I was just introduced to this technology by my daughter and then I read your article here. She showed me a bit about how ChatGPT works. Your prompt about how infoPros can use it prompted me to plug in the following query: “Write a proposal to research the history of the battery industry.” I thought the results were impressive. I can see how this can be used to prospect or write proposals of many kinds. Would I use this directly from the machine, maybe not, but it sure seemed like a phenomenal jumping off point. Thank you Mary Ellen. This is very interesting stuff.

Comment on ChatGPT for researchers by Jsab

Jsab — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 19:20:41 +0000

I was discussing with colleagues on starting a conversation on this and the implications for librarians on teaching about plagiarism and citations. Academic institutions are beginning to ban use of Catgpt. What’s the implications on learning and discovery?

Comment on ChatGPT for researchers by Thei Geurts

Thei Geurts — Sun, 29 Jan 2023 09:22:58 +0000

The art of asking (relevant) questions stays important. Not only for asking yourself, but also for teaching, just like mastering the google syntax.

Comment on ChatGPT for researchers by Mary Ellen Bates

Mary Ellen Bates — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 19:17:04 +0000

In reply to Elizabeth F. McLean MSLS CKS. Your wish is my command, Liz! :-)

Comment on ChatGPT for researchers by Elizabeth F. McLean MSLS CKS

Elizabeth F. McLean MSLS CKS — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 19:14:20 +0000

Thank you so much Mary Ellen. The moment I started trying out ChatGPT for myself, in addition to burning questions I had, immediately was wishing we could as infopros have conversations around what folks were experiencing for themselves. I have been waiting for this post from you. Love the comments about use in your post here.

Comment on ChatGPT for researchers by Mary Ellen Bates

Mary Ellen Bates — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 18:28:23 +0000

In reply to Stan Friedman. Great application, Stan! Thanks for sharing it.

Comment on ChatGPT for researchers by Stan Friedman

Stan Friedman — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 18:24:03 +0000

Great ideas – thanks! I’ve been experimenting with feeding ChatGPT my skillset and certain keywords and having it generate the perfect paragraph for the”About” section of my LinkedIn profile,

Comment on ChatGPT for researchers by Shelley Arvin

Shelley Arvin — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 15:12:22 +0000

At a workshop about ChatGPT at my university, a music professor got ChatGPT to make a mistake. He asked it to explain how a classical composer represented a certain style of music in their work. (Bear with me; I am not a music librarian.) ChatGPT claimed that “Symphony #3” and “Symphony #5” used this style. But that was not true; only “Symphony #5” did. The professor thinks that ChatGPT took a detail about “Symphony #5” and assigned it to “Symphony #3,” too, because it is AI and it is only approximating thought. So trust but verify!