Title: The rise of chatbots and tips on writing manuscripts -an Editor's perspective

Speaker: Prof. Hari Srikanth, University of South Florida

Abstract: This informal presentation will introduce good practices from a journal editor's perspective as well as an active senior researcher's point of view in writing up your research results for peer-reviewed publications in recognized journals, especially in condensed matter and materials physics. In recent times there has been a paradigm shift in the way large volume of data is handled through AI, machine learning which has led to the emerging popularity of chatbots such as OpenAI's ChatGPT, Microsoft's Bing and Google's Bard. There are benefits in using chatbots to help improve and polish written drafts but there are also the risks of incorrect logic, scientific ethics and loss of creativity and originality. I will present general views about all this in a 30-40 minute perspective talk followed by interactive Q&A and discussion with the attendees.