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Simple science summaries written by AI help people understand research and trust scientists

  • Written by David Markowitz, Associate Professor of Communication, Michigan State University
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Artificial intelligence-generated summaries of scientific papers make complex information more understandable for the public compared with human-written summaries, according to my recent paper published in PNAS Nexus. AI-generated summaries not only...

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