Matt Hodgkinson<p>I spoke to Chris Stokel-Walker for Scientific American about whether researchers can use generative AI, especially large language models, to replace human participants.</p><p>My short answer: no. My long answer:<br><a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-ai-replace-human-research-participants-these-scientists-see-risks/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">scientificamerican.com/article</span><span class="invisible">/can-ai-replace-human-research-participants-these-scientists-see-risks/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/LargeLanguageModels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LargeLanguageModels</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/ScientificAmerican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScientificAmerican</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/ChrisStokelWalker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChrisStokelWalker</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeAI</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/LLMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLMs</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/HumanResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanResearch</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/SyntheticData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SyntheticData</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/SyntheticDataGeneration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SyntheticDataGeneration</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/SimulatedData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SimulatedData</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/DataSimulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataSimulation</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/AItools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AItools</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/AIinResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIinResearch</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/ResearchTools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ResearchTools</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/ResearchMethods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ResearchMethods</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/AcademicMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/ResearchEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ResearchEthics</span></a></p>