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Published Jan 30, 2024

Sandro Serpa  

Fuzhou Wang

Longjun Zhou

Özgül Keleş

Abstract

Ascribing authorship of scientific publications to artificial intelligence is a complex and controversial issue. However, it is a challenging and uncertain problem that, given the growing development of artificial intelligence-based technologies that go beyond the performance of purely technical tasks and even contribute to the development of aspects such as the incorporation of scientific research information published in languages other than English, also contributing to potential insights in research, is becoming unavoidable when considering scientific publishing. This paper aims to add to this discussion by arguing that, although this is a challenging and even controversial position, it is inevitable and even ethically desirable to accept artificial intelligence, if it subsidizes sufficiently, as a (co-)author of any scientific publication. It is a matter of starting to think about how this attribution can be controlled and achieved with increasing respect for the ethics of scientific publication.

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Keywords

Artificial Intelligence, Authorship, Chatbot, Copyright, Publication Ethics, Research Ethics, Scientific Publication, Transparency

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How to Cite
Serpa, S., Wang, F., Zhou, L., & Keleş, Özgül. (2024). Artificial Intelligence as Author of Scientific Publications. Science Insights, 44(1), 1215–1219. https://doi.org/10.15354/si.24.re866
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