Democratizing academic research with Artificial Intelligence: The misleading case of language

Alessandro Ghio

CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ACCOUNTING, 2024, vol. 98, issue C

Abstract: This essay questions the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) models like ChatGPT to enable academics to work in multiple languages. ChatGPT has the potential to dismantle the dominance of English in research communication. Adapting Te Eni's model of communication complexity, I explore the implications of using ChatGPT for non-native English speakers in the development, inputs, process, and impact of research communication. I then relate these technological changes to broader reflections on the relationship between machines and humans and the implications for the future of academic research. I argue that far from democratizing research communication, the proliferation of AI models like ChatGPT is creating new power imbalances and hegemonic positions that raise important ethical concerns for the academic community.

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; ChatGPT; Communication model; Language; Posthuman; Technology; Translation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cpa.2023.102687

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