Stephen Downes

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As I commented on LinkedIn: The article states, "chatbots may overlook uncertainties, limitations, and nuances in original research by omitting qualifiers and oversimplifying text, leading to overgeneralizations." In my experience, this is exactly the problem with a lot of traditional media reporting on scientific findings. We might find that this is a problem with popularizing science in general, and not specifically a problem with AI doing it.

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