My Machine and I: ChatGPT and the Future of Human-Machine Collaboration in Africa

TL;DR

This paper explores the impact of ChatGPT on human-machine collaboration in Africa, highlighting its growing use in academia and its effectiveness in enhancing interaction between humans and AI systems.

Contribution

It provides an analysis of ChatGPT's role in human-machine collaboration in Africa through a thematic review of recent literature, an area with limited prior research.

Findings

ChatGPT is widely used in education and research sectors in Africa.

The technology shows high effectiveness in improving human-machine collaboration.

There is a growing trend of ChatGPT adoption in academic contexts.

Abstract

Recent advancements in technology have necessitated a paradigm shift in the people use technology necessitating a new research field called Human-Machine collaboration. ChatGPT, an Artificial intelligence (AI) assistive technology, has gained mainstream adoption and implementation in academia and industry; however, a lot is left unknown about how this new technology holds for Human-Machine Collaboration in Africa. Our survey paper highlights to answer some of these questions. To understand the effectiveness of ChatGPT on human-machine collaboration we utilized reflexive thematic analysis to analyze (N= 51) articles between 2019 and 2023 obtained from our literature search. Our findings indicate the prevalence of ChatGPT for human-computer interaction within academic sectors such as education, and research; trends also revealed the relatively high effectiveness of ChatGPT in improving human-machine collaboration.