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Revisiting generative AI in psycholinguistics
In late April 2023, I wrote a blog post on ChatGPT and its incorporation into academic research. Three years later and things are really basically the same. More or less, the landscape is identical to what it was three years ago, except that ChatGPT has a number of competitors, and OpenAI appears to be losing footing because the systems they have developed are not capable of producing behaviors that solve NP-hard cognitive science problems. Some have pointed out that AI systems are appealing to higher education administrators because their jobs are automatable. Others, particularly researchers in STEM fields, feel entitled to use AI to get the un-fun work out of the way (writing papers) so everyone can spend more time on everyone's favorite part (devising experiments).