ChatGPT in forensic sciences: a new Pandora's box with advantages and challenges to pay attention

Data de publicação: 10/11/2023 Data Ahead of Print: 01/11/2023

Autores da FMUP

• Ricardo Jorge Dinis Oliveira

  Autor

Participantes de fora da FMUP

• Azevedo, RMS

Unidades de investigação

• Ciências da Saúde Pública e Forenses, e Educação Médica

Abstract

ChatGPT is a variant of the generative pre-trained transformer (GPT) language model that uses large amounts of text-based training data and a transformer architecture to generate human-like text adjusted to the received prompts. ChatGPT presents several advantages in forensic sciences, namely, constituting a virtual assistant to aid lawyers, judges, and victims in managing and interpreting forensic expert data. But what would happen if ChatGPT began to be used to produce forensic expertise reports? Despite its potential applications, the use of ChatGPT and other Large Language Models and artificial intelligence tools in forensic writing also poses ethical and legal concerns, which are discussed in this perspective together with some expected future perspectives.

Keywords

• ChatGPT; artificial intelligence; forensic sciences; medicine; advantages and limitations