Evaluation of the Quality of AI-Generated Scientific Text Under Different Types of Cognitive Complexity Tasks

Hui Peng, Shujun Liu, Lei Li

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Abstract

As Artificial Intelligence Generated Content (AIGC) continues to deepen its application in the field of scientific research, this study aims to explore the current quality of AIGC in completing research tasks, providing insights for improving AIGC in the scientific research domain. This study first reviews and summarizes existing information quality evaluation frameworks and AIGC-related research to propose quality evaluation criteria for AIGC in the research context. Then, by setting research tasks with different cognitive complexities, user experiments were conducted on the ChatGPT and ERNIE Bot platforms to select appropriate AIGC quality evaluation criteria for these tasks. The quality of AIGC generated by ChatGPT and ERNIE Bot was evaluated based on the selected criteria, revealing the strengths and weaknesses of current AIGC in meeting users’ research information needs. The results show that users generally value relevance, professionalism, and readability when evaluating AIGC for research tasks. However, attention to specific criteria such as accuracy, diversity, coherence, and creativity varies depending on the cognitive complexity of the research tasks. Additionally, AIGC performs well in understanding, evaluating, and creating tasks but has significant shortcomings in remembering and analyzing tasks, particularly in terms of accuracy and professionalism.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSustainability and Empowerment in the Context of Digital Libraries - 26th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries, ICADL 2024, Proceedings
EditorsGillian Oliver, Viviane Frings-Hessami, Jia Tina Du, Taro Tezuka
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages212-221
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)9789819608645
DOIs
StatePublished - 2025
Externally publishedYes
Event26th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries, ICADL 2024 - Bandar Sunway, Malaysia
Duration: 4 Dec 20246 Dec 2024

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume15493 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference26th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries, ICADL 2024
Country/TerritoryMalaysia
CityBandar Sunway
Period4/12/246/12/24

Keywords

  • AIGC Evaluation
  • Cognitive Complexity
  • Scientific Context

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