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Lowering the Barrier Without Lowering the Bar: Generative AI, Scientific Judgment, and Responsibility in Behavioral Health

2026-08-31

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<p>Introduction: Within minutes, generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) can turn a rough question into a plausible study plan, teaching activity, analytic approach, or behavioral-health prototype. That is genuinely useful, but it also makes it possible to generate more possibilities than can be responsibly evaluated or carried through. <h4>Methods:</h4> Drawing on academic use of GenAI and selected literature,...

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DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/wkp5u_v1

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