Generative artificial intelligence and academic writing: friend or foe?

Jérémie F Cohen; David Moher

doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2024.111646

Generative artificial intelligence and academic writing: friend or foe?

J Clin Epidemiol. 2024 Dec 18:111646. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2024.111646. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Jérémie F Cohen¹, David Moher²

Affiliations

¹ Department of General Pediatrics and Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Necker-Enfants malades Hospital, AP-HP, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France; Center of Research in Epidemiology and Statistics, INSERM UMR 1153, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Centre for Journalology, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; School of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

PMID: 39706536
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2024.111646

Abstract

This viewpoint examines the use of generative AI (genAI) models in medical writing, discusses the opportunities and threats they represent, and highlights avenues for improvement and future research.