We wish to disclose that GPT-4 was used in this manuscript. Specifically, GPT-4 was used to generate an initial draft of this text based on prompting by A.K.M. and A.L.B. This text was then edited, refined, and verified for correctness by all of the authors. The intellectual contributions, ideas, and conclusions presented herein are exclusively the product of the authors.
Kohane, I. S., Beam, A. L., & Manrai, A. K. (2024). Why Medicine Must Become a Knowledge-Processing Discipline. NEJM AI.
I’m highlighting this as it’s the first time I’ve seen a disclosure like it ‘in the wild’.
Read: A trilogy of posts on using AI for academic articles.
This is noteworthy now, but it will soon become normal to see these kinds of disclosures everywhere. And soon after that we’ll stop disclosing our use of AI because the assumption will be that AI is always used for writing. Then we’ll start seeing disclosures confirming that no AI was used.
Note: I should also point out this editorial from the board of NEJM AI, encouraging the use of LLMs by authors. Not all journals will have the same perspective, so it’s best to check with the editors of whatever journal you intend submitting to.
At NEJM AI, we have elected instead to allow the use of LLMs for submissions, as long as authors take complete responsibility for the content and properly acknowledge the use of LLMs. However, this policy does not allow an LLM to be listed as a coauthor.
Koller, D., et al. (2023). Why We Support and Encourage the Use of Large Language Models in NEJM AI Submissions. NEJM AI, 1(1), AIe2300128. https://doi.org/10.1056/AIe2300128