Year: 2024
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: The increasing use and capabilities of the large language model ChatGPT 3.5 are indicative of its potential for knowledge-work tasks such as web searching and generating various types of creative literature. This makes it a useful tool for project teams working on collaborative tasks. It also raises the question of whether ChatGPT 3.5 can be more than a tool – could human team members collaborate with it in a similar way to collaborating with each other, and what might this collaboration look like? This paper discusses a team-based project simulation in which team members interacted with ChatGPT 3.5 in a team-member role to produce a series of text-based deliverables. Members’ reflections and researcher observations showed that the working relationship was a positive one, and that training in effective use of ChatGPT 3.5, together with more opportunities to use it in a collaborative role, could lead to production of more fit-forpurpose deliverables in shorter timeframes.
DOI: 10.34074/proc.240103
Authors: Robert Nelson, Samuel Mann, Ruth Myers
Institution: Unitec Institute of Technology
Language: English
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4400965895