Uso de la inteligencia artificial en los procesos de investigación científica, por parte de los docentes universitarios

Artificial Intelligence (AI) allows to improve and innovate the topics of higher education through the use of different technological tools, mainly in scientific research topics. The purpose of this research is to know if university teachers use Artificial Intelligence in scientific research processes. This study was carried out under a mixed methodological approach, at a descriptive, transversal and non-experimental level, for the field research a survey was used as an instrument applied to a sample of 219 teachers from a population of 510 teachers from different faculties of the Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo; and a bibliographic and documentary review was conducted in relation to the topic of AI. The findings identified explain that 84% of ESPOCH teachers are engaged in scientific research, through the preparation of essays, scientific articles and books, there is an equal participation among teachers who use AI in research processes and an additional 72% believe that artificial intelligence can improve the quality of academic and scientific texts written by teachers. Therefore, according to the study applied to the professors of the different faculties and careers of the educational institution, at present they make use of the technological tool such as Artificial Intelligence in the processes of research and academic writing, this helps to better develop the research processes, achieve better results and quality in their work.