What Are LLMs Doing to Scientific Communication? Measuring Changes in Writing Practices and Reading Experience
A new paper investigates how large language models are altering scientific communication, particularly within the Natural Language Processing field. Researchers analyzed over 37,000 papers from the ACL Anthology and a synthetic dataset of LLM-improved texts. The study found that LLM-assisted writing leads to texts with more complex syntax, longer words, and reduced lexical diversity, while also being perceived by experts as more understandable and exciting. AI
IMPACT LLM-assisted writing may be subtly changing the style and perception of scientific communication.