The perception and use of generative AI for science-related information search: Insights from a cross-national study.

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Public Understanding of Science Pub Date : 2025-01-31 DOI:10.1177/09636625241308493

Esther Greussing, Lars Guenther, Ayelet Baram-Tsabari, Shakked Dabran-Zivan, Evelyn Jonas, Inbal Klein-Avraham, Monika Taddicken, Torben Esbo Agergaard, Becca Beets, Dominique Brossard, Anwesha Chakraborty, Antoinette Fage-Butler, Chun-Ju Huang, Siddharth Kankaria, Yin-Yueh Lo, Kristian H Nielsen, Michelle Riedlinger, Hyunjin Song

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Abstract

Publicly accessible large language models like ChatGPT are emerging as novel information intermediaries, enabling easy access to a wide range of science-related information. This study presents survey data from seven countries (N = 4320) obtained in July and August 2023, focusing on the perception and use of GenAI for science-related information search. Despite the novelty of ChatGPT, a sizable proportion of respondents already reported using it to access science-related information. In addition, the study explores how these users perceive ChatGPT compared with traditional types of information intermediaries (e.g. Google Search), their knowledge of, and trust in GenAI, compared with nonusers as well as compared with those who use ChatGPT for other purposes. Overall, this study provides insights into the perception and use of GenAI at an early stage of adoption, advancing our understanding of how this emerging technology shapes public understanding of science issues as an information intermediary.

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生成式人工智能在科学相关信息搜索中的感知和使用：来自跨国研究的见解。

像ChatGPT这样的可公开访问的大型语言模型正在成为新的信息中介，使人们能够轻松访问广泛的科学相关信息。本研究提供了在2023年7月和8月获得的来自7个国家（N = 4320）的调查数据，重点关注GenAI在科学相关信息搜索中的感知和使用。尽管ChatGPT很新奇，但相当大比例的受访者已经使用它来访问科学相关信息。此外，该研究还探讨了与传统类型的信息中介（例如b谷歌Search）相比，这些用户如何看待ChatGPT，与非用户以及将ChatGPT用于其他目的的用户相比，他们对GenAI的知识和信任。总体而言，本研究提供了在采用早期阶段对GenAI的感知和使用的见解，促进了我们对这一新兴技术如何作为信息中介影响公众对科学问题的理解的理解。

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7.30

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期刊介绍： Public Understanding of Science is a fully peer reviewed international journal covering all aspects of the inter-relationships between science (including technology and medicine) and the public. Public Understanding of Science is the only journal to cover all aspects of the inter-relationships between science (including technology and medicine) and the public. Topics Covered Include... ·surveys of public understanding and attitudes towards science and technology ·perceptions of science ·popular representations of science ·scientific and para-scientific belief systems ·science in schools