Scientists prefer feedback from ChatGPT to judgement by peers

ChatGPT can provide researchers with useful feedback on their papers, suggesting it could supplement the human peer review process that helps scientific journals decide which studies to publish. But others are sceptical that ChatGPT could play a role in peer review.

Peer review is a critical component of scientific publishing. However, many journals and research conferences are struggling to recruit enough human peer reviewers – who typically volunteer their time for free – to evaluate the growing number of submitted papers.

“It’s getting harder …