Ethical considerations in working with ChatGPT on a questionnaire about the future of work with ChatGPT

Abstract The prospect of the use of Large Language Models, like ChatGPT, in work environments raises important questions regarding both the potential for a dramatic change in the quality of jobs and the risk of unemployment. The answers to these questions, but, also, the posing of questions to be answered, may involve the use of ChatGPT. This, in turn, may give rise to a series of ethical considerations. The article seeks to identify such considerations by presenting a research on a questionnaire that was developed by means of ChatGPT before it was answered, first, by a group of humans (H) and, then, through the use of a machine (M), ChatGPT. The language model was actually used to respond to the questionnaire twice. First, based on its data (M1), and, second, based on it being asked to imitate a human (M2). Based on the significant differences between the H and M answers, and, further, on the noticeable differences occurring within the M answers (the differences between the M1 and M2 answers), the article concludes by registering a cluster of three ethical considerations.