"The credibility of psychological science and clinical practice is at a low point. Expertise of any type is systematically denigrated by some governments, those who profit from spurious therapies, and those cynical about science. Many, but not all, issues with credibility are due to the spread of misinformation. Misinformation has long been a key part of the marketing of wellness, questionable therapies, and other products designed to separate people from their money. Profit and power drive how information is presented."
"The massive expansion and apparent inevitability of large language models (LLMs) as part of the artificial intelligence explosion allow for information to be spread at an exponentially faster pace than before the rise of LLMs. Now papers, essays, blog posts, and press releases can be generated at the press of a button. Although speed and convenience are impressive, LLMs' lack of any consideration for accuracy, research support, or scientific consensus ensures that reasonable-sounding, but often inaccurate, information moves at lightning speed."
Credibility of psychological science and clinical practice is at a low point. Expertise is systematically denigrated by some governments, profiteers of spurious therapies, and those cynical about science. Misinformation contributes substantially to credibility problems and has been central to marketing of wellness and questionable therapies designed to extract money. The expansion of large language models enables rapid generation and spread of reasonable-sounding but often inaccurate content, vastly outpacing slow peer-reviewed science. Shifts toward authoritarian policymaking often employ misinformation to concentrate power. All scholars must act as science communicators and place accurate information in public spaces.
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