Rise of the Machines: AI and ChatGPT in Medical Writing

Letter to the Editor| July 2023 Rise of the Machines: AI and ChatGPT in Medical Writing ASA Monitor July 2023, Vol. 87, e2–e3. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000945156.59663.a7 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Cite Icon Cite Get Permissions Search Site Citation Rise of the Machines: AI and ChatGPT in Medical Writing. ASA Monitor 2023; 87:e2–e3 doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000945156.59663.a7 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll PublicationsASA Monitor Search Advanced Search Since the advent of spell checkers on word processing platforms, humans have been using computers to help craft our works of writing. I am writing this introduction using a voice dictation program to transfer my words into text. As the text appears, Microsoft Word analyzes my spelling and grammar, while Grammarly runs a plagiarism checker. No matter what I write, it almost always finds a 1% incidence of plagiarism, as no combination of words is ever completely novel. We will briefly review the history of the development of computer-assisted writing and address issues of citation, medical writing, and ethical considerations. ChatGPT was used in crafting this letter. In the 1980s, word processing programs such as WordPerfect and Microsoft Word were developed to provide basic document editing and formatting. Word introduced spell and grammar checking in the 1990s. Predictive text came a decade later, although many did not find it helpful.... You do not currently have access to this content.