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A user perspective
As a qualified lawyer and a person with cerebral palsy and no speech , co-author Fiona Given relies on assistive communication technologies , including
augmentative and alternative communication speech-generating devices . Fiona says :
[…] each word and message that I compose takes me substantially more time and effort than a person who speaks . So I economise on that , and my written messages using current assistive technologies are often short and to the point . This can cause many problems , as I may be perceived as curt , if not rude , and I ’ m also not fully explaining what I mean .
Having tested the system , Fiona says ChatGPT could be particularly useful in adding the polite parts of emails and letters .
It can save me time and effort whilst maintaining my professionalism . One day , AI like ChatGPT may be installed into my speech-generating device . Yes , it raises questions of authorship and brings in doubt over who did the writing . That ’ s the case also with word prediction software – who thought of the word first ? I see it as a type of co-authorship , and people like me will still need to be able to read and check it reflects what they want to say and edit and authorise the output accordingly .
AI technologies like ChatGPT may help people with
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