PingPonGPT: Write Your Next Paper while Playing Table Tennis with the Help of AI

Abstract

Is it acceptable that we game scholars spend more time writing than playing? How many of you started an academic career in games dreaming of looking at a flat screen, following a flashing cursor and thinking about your next word? We spend hours sitting, straining our eyes on monitors. Should composing text be like this, or could it be more fun? We propose using table tennis as an activity where two people can play and write a paper simultaneously, supported by ChatGPT. This paper articulates the AI-infused table tennis setup and its potential to transform academic writing.