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Lisa Messeri

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anthropologist of sci & tech. author of Placing Outer Space and In the Land of the Unreal. Also at lmesseri.bsky.social
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The uncritical adoption of AI in science is alarming — we urgently need guard rails

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By Lisa Messeri, M. J. Crockett
| Nature Verified
The scientific community is adopting artificial-intelligence tools, especially large language models (LLMs), at an astonishing speed. LLM-assisted paper writing has drastically increased over the past three years1 and researchers have sought to incorporate semi-autonomous agents into their workflows. However, the rapid and uncritical adoption of AI in science comes with significant risks2.
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Producing more while understanding less with large language models

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By Lisa Messeri, M.J. Crockett
| Cell Press Verified
Get full text access Log in, subscribe or purchase for full access. References 1. Crockett, M.J. ∙ Messeri, L. AI Surrogates and illusions of generalizability in cognitive science Trends Cogn. Sci. 2025; 2. Lin, Z. How AI tools can enhance generalizability Published online February 2026 Trends Cogn. Sci. 2026; 3. Messeri, L. ∙ Crockett, M.J. Artificial intelligence and illusions of understanding in scientific research Nature. 2024; 627:49-58 4. Rabb, N. ...
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American Anthropologist | AAA Anthropology Journal | Wiley Online Library

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By Lisa Messeri
| Wiley Online Library Verified
REFERENCES . 2020. American Blockbuster: Movies, Technology, and Wonder. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. Luis L. M. Aguliar, and Christopher J. Schneider, eds. 2016. Researching Amongst Elites: Challenges and Opportunities for Studying Up. New York: Routledge. 2016. Encoding Race, Encoding Class: Indian IT Workers in Berlin. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. , and . 2021. “Introduction: Ethnographies of Power and the Powerful.” Critique of Anthropology 41(3): 195–205. 2018.
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