Author:

• Frederico Peres - Peres, F - <frederico.peres@fiocruz.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2715-6622

Abstract:

The study aimed to identify and analyze the constitutive components of texts generated by ChatGPT to consultations on an emerging topic in the Portuguese language academic literature – literacia em saúde (health literacy) - as well as discussing how such evidence can contribute to a better understanding of the limits and the challenges regarding the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in academic writing. This is a descriptive, exploratory study based on ChatGPT consultationsfive firing questions, made in sequence, in Portuguese and English, with increasing levels of linguistic complexity. The analysis of the results showed a wide perspective for the use of AI technologies, such as ChatGPT, a largely available and unrestricted tool, with an intuitive and simple interface that could generate coherent, structured texts in natural language. Considering the phenomenon of academic productivism, associated with a growing tendency of professional misconduct, especially plagiarism, there is a need for an even more careful look at the process of academic writing and scientific knowledge dissemination, particularly when mediated by AI technologies.

Keywords:

Health Literacy; artificial intelligence; Academic Communication; Ethics in the scientific publication.

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