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ChatGPT versus human essayists: an exploration of the impact of artificial intelligence for authorship and academic integrity in the humanities (2024)
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Revell, T., Yeadon, W., Cahilly-Bretzin, G., Clarke, I., Manning, G., Jones, J., Mulley, C., Pascual, R. J., Bradley, N., Thomas, D., & Leneghan, F. (2024). ChatGPT versus human essayists: an exploration of the impact of artificial intelligence for authorship and academic integrity in the humanities. International Journal for Educational Integrity, 20(1), Article 18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40979-024-00161-8

Generative AI has prompted educators to reevaluate traditional teaching and assessment methods. This study examines AI’s ability to write essays analysing Old English poetry; human markers assessed and attempted to distinguish them from authentic ana... Read More about ChatGPT versus human essayists: an exploration of the impact of artificial intelligence for authorship and academic integrity in the humanities.

A comparison of human, GPT-3.5, and GPT-4 performance in a university-level coding course (2024)
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Yeadon, W., Peach, A., & Testrow, C. (2024). A comparison of human, GPT-3.5, and GPT-4 performance in a university-level coding course. Scientific Reports, 14, Article 23285. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-73634-y

This study evaluates the performance of ChatGPT variants, GPT-3.5 and GPT-4, both with and without prompt engineering, against solely student work and a mixed category containing both student and GPT-4 contributions in university-level physics coding... Read More about A comparison of human, GPT-3.5, and GPT-4 performance in a university-level coding course.

Evaluating AI and human authorship quality in academic writing through physics essays (2024)
Journal Article
Yeadon, W., Agra, E., Inyang, O.-O., Mackay, P., & Mizouri, A. (2024). Evaluating AI and human authorship quality in academic writing through physics essays. European Journal of Physics, 45(5), Article 055703. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6404/ad669d

This study aims to compare the academic writing quality and detectability of authorship between human and AI-generated texts by evaluating n = 300 short-form physics essay submissions, equally divided between student work submitted before the introdu... Read More about Evaluating AI and human authorship quality in academic writing through physics essays.

The impact of AI in physics education: a comprehensive review from GCSE to university levels (2024)
Journal Article
Yeadon, W., & Hardy, T. (2024). The impact of AI in physics education: a comprehensive review from GCSE to university levels. Physics Education, 59(2), Article 025010. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6552/ad1fa2

With the rapid evolution of artificial intelligence (AI), its potential implications for higher education have become a focal point of interest. This study delves into the capabilities of AI in physics education and offers actionable AI policy recomm... Read More about The impact of AI in physics education: a comprehensive review from GCSE to university levels.

The death of the short-form physics essay in the coming AI revolution (2023)
Journal Article
Yeadon, W., Inyang, O.-O., Mizouri, A., Peach, A., & Testrow, C. P. (2023). The death of the short-form physics essay in the coming AI revolution. Physics Education, 58(3), https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6552/acc5cf

The latest AI language modules can produce original, high quality full short-form (300-word) Physics essays within seconds. These technologies such as ChatGPT and davinci-003 are freely available to anyone with an internet connection. In this work, w... Read More about The death of the short-form physics essay in the coming AI revolution.