The Potential and Concerns of Using AI in Scientific Research: ChatGPT Performance Evaluation

Zuheir N Khlaif   ^{1 *} , PhD ;   Allam Mousa   ^{2 *} , PhD ;   Muayad Kamal Hattab   ^{3 *} , PhD ;   Jamil Itmazi   ^{4 *} , PhD ;   Amjad A Hassan   ^{3 *} , PhD ;   Mageswaran Sanmugam   ^{5 *} , PhD ;   Abedalkarim Ayyoub   ^{1 *} , PhD

¹ Faculty of Humanities and Educational Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestinian Territory, Occupied

² Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality Research Center, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, An Najah National University, Nablus, Palestinian Territory, Occupied

³ Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestinian Territory, Occupied

⁴ Department of Information Technology, College of Engineering and Information Technology, Palestine Ahliya University, Bethlahem, Palestinian Territory, Occupied

⁵ Centre for Instructional Technology and Multimedia, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia

*all authors contributed equally