Dave Markowitz

New research in @PNASNexus reveals that AI like GPT4 can simplify scientific writing, improving public understanding of science and perceptions of scientists. When AI crafts lay summaries, readers grasp content better and view scientists as more credible. doi.org/10.1093/pnasne…

Pumping this up once more to encourage those interested in NLP, deception, and AIMC to apply to @CommDeptMSU! I'm excited to consider students in these areas to join our amazing community of scholars.

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This Review by Bailenson et al presents five canonical psychological research findings in VR over the past three decades. These findings have been consistently replicated, and are useful for both researchers and users of VR. nature.com/articles/s4156…

Hey, look! It's two-time Super Bowl champion for the @giants and @Cornell @BigRed_Football football hall of famer, @KevinBoothe77! Hail, all hail, Cornell!

Congratulations, Yixiao! We are overjoyed to welcome you to our community!

During the pandemic, I ran a joke terror management theory study and wrote a joke paper about it. Was too nervous to post it previously. But then again, nothing matters, so here it is! bit.ly/ChopikTMT

Can AI help present scientists in a favorable light? @CommDeptMSU’s @davidmmarkowitz shares his research on AI-generated summaries. ➡️ spr.ly/6014QFdWC #AskTheExpert #ComArtSci #SpartansWill

🎉 My dissertation research on who feels they contribute to society is out in JPSP! 🎉 - 📄 paper @APA_Journals ➡️ psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/ps… - 🚨 @APA press release ➡️ apa.org/news/press/rel… 🧵👇(1/12)

Simulating human behavior with AI agents promises a testbed for policy and the social sciences. We interviewed 1,000 people for two hours each to create generative agents of them. These agents replicate their source individuals’ attitudes and behaviors. 🧵arxiv.org/abs/2411.10109

It's called expert testimony, people.

I will be a president for all Americans.

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An article from MSU researcher @davidmmarkowitz of @CommDeptMSU was recently published in @ConversationUS theconversation.com/simple-science…

Ryan is one of the most thoughtful and creative computational social scientists out there, and he's simply a good human. That's a rare combo, so jump at this *can't miss* opportunity!

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Is it better or worse to communicate with numbers given high levels of innumeracy and math anxiety? In a new @sciam piece with @davidmmarkowitz, we argue that people often appreciate numeric data @uoregon @UOsojc scientificamerican.com/article/number…

Numbers Are Persuasive—If Used in Moderation Despite high levels of innumeracy and math anxiety, people often appreciate numeric data Many thanks to @daisyyuhas and @davenuss79 who provided fantastic advice on this new piece with @davidmmarkowitz in @sciam

Many Americans have math anxiety, but numbers may be engaging for climate science. As @ellenpetersjdm and I write in a recent piece for @sciam, climate messengers might use numbers to attract attention and engage on social media. scientificamerican.com/article/number…

When compared to scientist-written summaries, lay summaries of PNAS papers generated by GPT-4 were linguistically simpler and when read by laypeople, study authors were seen by laypeople as more credible and trustworthy—but less intelligent. In PNAS Nexus: ow.ly/PC5i50Twy4A