The language of AI
The language of AI chatbots ("botfo") differs fundamentally from human language. This is something that should be borne in mind whenever using botfo in a mission critical way.
This is the main point of my new paper (the full text can be found here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/398446888_AI_Chatbot_informatio....}
Among other things, what the paper calls for is, in the words of OpenAI’s Sam Altman, that “all generated content should have to be tagged as generated”. I think this is worth campaigning for.
Best,
Chris
2025. Zielinski C. AI chatbot information: Why botfo is a new and different language and why it matters. In Proceedings of the MDX 2025 Health IT Workshop on Emerging Technologies in Healthcare: Legal, Ethical, Social & Governance Aspects. 26th & 27th June 2025, Middlesex University, London, UK Eds: George C, Whitehouse D, Duquenoy P, ISBN 979-8-89965-689-7 DOI: https://doi.org/10.60528/2q6192 https://repository.mdx.ac.uk/download/a6dbad61848ff4ef8e185ef240043aa88d... Full text of paper: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/398446888_AI_Chatbot_informatio...
Chris Zielinski
Centre for Global Health, University of Winchester, UK and
President, World Association of Medical Editors (WAME)
Blogs; http://ziggytheblue.wordpress.com and http://ziggytheblue.tumblr.com
Publications: http://www.researchgate.net and https://winchester.academia.edu/ChrisZielinski/
HIFA profile: Chris Zielinski: As a Visiting Fellow and Lecturer at the Centre for Global Health, University of Winchester, Chris leads the Partnerships in Health Information (Phi) programme, which supports knowledge development and brokers healthcare information exchanges of all kinds. He is President of the World Association of Medical Editors. Chris has held senior positions in publishing and knowledge management with WHO in Brazzaville, Geneva, Cairo and New Delhi, with FAO in Rome, ILO in Geneva, and UNIDO in Vienna. He served on WHO's Ethical Review Committee, and was an originator of the African Health Observatory. He also spent three years in London as Chief Executive of the Authors Licensing and Collecting Society. Chris has been a director of the UK Copyright Licensing Agency, Educational Recording Agency, and International Association of Audiovisual Writers and Directors. He has served on the boards of several NGOs and ethics groupings (information and computer ethics and bioethics). chris AT chriszielinski.com. His publications are at https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Chris-Zielinski and https://winchester.academia.edu/ChrisZielinski/ and his blogs are http://ziggytheblue.wordrpress.com and https://www.tumblr.com/blog/ziggytheblue