Interview with Marcia McNutt , President of the National Academy of Sciences

15/04/2025 21 min
Interview with Marcia McNutt , President of the National Academy of Sciences

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Student project manager Kylie De La Cruz ’27 interviews Dr. Marcia McNutt, president of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). Dr. McNutt shares her thoughts on the rise of scientific misinformation and disinformation and discusses how Artificial Intelligence (AI) can exacerbate, but also combat, the spread of false information. As a geophysicist, Dr. McNutt describes her experience integrating the use of AI into her work, and comments on the role the NAS will play in the future of AI in science.

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