# ChatGPT and other generative AI could foster science denial and misunderstanding – here’s how you can be on alert

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/chatgpt-and-other-generative-ai-could-foster-science-denial-and-misunderstanding-heres-how-you-can-be-on-alert/
- Published: 2023-05-25T09:15:11-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Photo caption: Approach all information with some initial skepticism. Photo credit: Guillermo Spelucin / Moment via Getty Images. Article by Gale Sinatra and Barbara K. Hofer. The Conversation – May 24, 2023. Until very recently, if you wanted to know more about a controversial scientific topic – stem cell research, the safety of nuclear energy, climate change – you probably did a Google search. Presented with multiple sources, you chose what to read, selecting which sites or authorities to trust. Now you have another option: You can pose your question to ChatGPT or another generative artificial intelligence platform and quickly receive a succinct response in paragraph form. ChatGPT does not search the internet the way Google does. Instead, it generates responses to queries by predicting […] Click here to view original web page at theconversation.com