The use of Artificial Intelligence in the Writing of University Academic Texts

Tacca Huaman D.R.; Cordero R.C.; Franco Canaval D.G.; Tacca Huaman A.L.; Alva Rodriguez M.A.; Tirado Castro L.J. · 2023 1st International Conference on Cognitive Computing and Engineering Education, ICCCEE 2023 (2023) · DOI: 10.1109/icccee55951.2023.10424560

Resumen

Writing is a skill that must be developed transversally in all careers; in addition to the above, it is important to recognize the rapid advancement of technology and its benefits to the university educational process. The use of artificial intelligence to generate academic texts is becoming a frequent practice by young people; this could lead to written communication problems as the necessary skills are not developed throughout university studies. Therefore, the main objective of the research was to know the motivations, the use procedure, the advantages, and disadvantages of using an AI in the writing of texts, all from the point of view of engineering students. The research was developed under the qualitative approach with a phenomenological design, 17 in-depth interviews were carried out, all participated anonymously and accepted the informed consent. The results indicate that there are sociological, pedagogical and psychological factors that motivate the use of AI, its use is relatively simple, the time saved is its main advantage and young people are aware that it is not the right thing to do and that it affects their comprehensive training as person and professional.

Instituciones: Universidad Tecnológica del Perú; Universidad Privada del Norte