AI and its consequences for the written word

Thomas Hellström

doi:10.3389/frai.2023.1326166

AI and its consequences for the written word

Front Artif Intell. 2024 Jan 4:6:1326166. doi: 10.3389/frai.2023.1326166. eCollection 2023.

Author

Thomas Hellström¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Computing Science, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.

Abstract

The latest developments of chatbots driven by Large Language Models (LLMs), more specifically ChatGPT, have shaken the foundations of how text is created, and may drastically reduce and change the need, ability, and valuation of human writing. Furthermore, our trust in the written word is likely to decrease, as an increasing proportion of all written text will be AI-generated - and potentially incorrect. In this essay, I discuss these implications and possible scenarios for us humans, and for AI itself.

Keywords: AI; ChatGPT; LLM; Large Language Models; human writing; societal impact; the written word.

Grants and funding

The author(s) declare financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. This work was supported by the Swedish Research Council (grant number 2022-04674).