On the Taxonomy of Developers' Discussion Topics with ChatGPT

Large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT can generate text for various prompts. With exceptional reasoning capabilities, ChatGPT (particularly the GPT-4 model) has achieved widespread adoption across many tasks - from creative writing to domain-specific inquiries, code generation, and more. This research analyzed the DevGPT dataset to determine common topics posed by developers interacting with ChatGPT. The DevGPT dataset comprises ChatGPT interactions from GitHub issues, pull requests and discussions. By employing a mixed-methods approach combining unsupervised semantic modeling and expert qualitative analysis we categorize the topics developers discuss when interacting with ChatGPT.