WRITING AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI): A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW OF STUDIES (2000-2024)

Anas Ahmadi, Didin Samsudin, Sharifah Fazliyaton Shaik Ismail

Abstract


The study of writing in the context of AI is currently widely discussed in the global context. In relation to that, this study aims to conduct a study of writing in the context of AI through a systematic literature review. This systematic literature review study used a prism method. The data used 944, including 32 papers, was conducted to investigate trends in writing about AI. Related to the limitations of the study, the researcher used the Scopus database (2000-present) with the rationalization that the Scopus database is reputable data related to international journal articles. The results of this research show that research trends in AI context writing are dominated by academic writing in education, with 15 articles focusing on the use of AI in teaching and the implementation of artificial intelligence technology in the learning process of writing. The results of this study contribute and provide insight to students and teachers regarding the advantages and disadvantages of using AI in learning to write and evaluating learning to write in the context of AI. In addition, learning to write using AI can be used to optimize the knowledge of more complex writing.


Keywords


writing, learning to write, tools, artificial intelligence

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