[Lgpolicy] More on AI as De Facto Language Policy

[Francis M. Hult via Lgpolicy]

Dear Colleagues,

Here is another recent story that resonates with AI as de facto language
policy.

Best,
Francis

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Nature

How ChatGPT and other AI tools could disrupt scientific publishing

[T]he way in which LLMs are developed might exacerbate inequities, says
Chhavi Chauhan, an AI ethicist who is also director of scientific outreach
at the American Society for Investigative Pathology in Rockville, Maryland.
Chauhan worries that some free LLMs might become expensive in the future to
cover the costs of developing and running them, and that if publishers use
AI-driven detection tools, they are more likely to erroneously flag text
written by non-native English speakers as AI. A study in July found this
does happen with the current generation of GPT detectors4. “We are
completely missing the inequities these generative AI models are going to
create,” she says...

If scholars start to rely on LLMs, another concern is that their expression
skills might atrophy, says Gemma Derrick, who studies research policy and
culture at the University of Bristol, UK. Early-career researchers could
miss out on developing the skills to conduct fair and balanced reviews, she
says.

Full story:
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03144-w
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