Artificial Research Assistant: GPT-4 as a Categorizing Tool for Research Notes

: Puhtila, Panu; Heino, Timi; Rajapaksha, Sammani; Rauti, Sampsa

: Rocha, Alvaro; Ferrás, Carlos; Calvo, Hiram

: International Conference on Information Technology and Systems

Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland

: 2025

Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems

: Information Technology and Systems: ICITS 2025, Volume 1

: 1447

: 93

: 110

: 978-3-031-93108-6

: 978-3-031-93109-3

: 2367-3370

: 2367-3389

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-93109-3_9

: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-93109-3_9

In this paper, we conduct a study on whether GPT-4 can be successfully used to aid in categorization of the research notes. Our test material consists of notes made on privacy policies and cookie consent banners presented at the online clothing marketplace websites. Our findings indicate that GPT-4 can be utilized in this fashion, but it must be closely supervised by the human researcher, as it is prone to producing erroneous information and peculiar categorizations. We will also raise several points about the general quality of the answers generated by GPT-4 and their applicability for use in scientific research.

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This research has been funded by Academy of Finland project 327397, IDA – Intimacy in Data-Driven Culture.