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Compare two AI summaries of a study against its abstract

  • For College students
  • You practice Keeping the AI to your sources
  • Time about 5 minutes

About this exercise

Two AI tools summarized the same study for your Psych 101 discussion post, and you have the real abstract. Write exactly 4 numbered lines labeled A gets wrong:, B gets wrong:, Post sentence: and Cite as:, judged only against the abstract. Post sentence: is one sentence for your post that states the finding without claiming cause and ends with (Hendricks & Yu, 2024); Cite as: is the full APA reference with volume, issue and pages. Plain text, under 120 words.

Common mistakes when you ask AI for this

  • Not naming the judge. The AI compares the answers to each other and picks the one that sounds more careful. Try: Add: "Judge both only against the abstract."
  • Missing the cause claim. "Linked to" and "causes" look similar, and the AI often lets it slide. Try: Add: "Check whether each answer claims more than the study can show."
  • No sentence you can use. The AI tells you what's wrong but you still have to write the post line and citation yourself. Try: Add: "Post sentence: one sentence, no cause claim, ending (Hendricks & Yu, 2024). Cite as: full APA reference."
  • No fixed shape. The AI writes a long comparison table. Try: Say: "Exactly 4 numbered lines with these labels, each under 25 words."
  • Getting markdown back. AI defaults to bold labels and headings, which look messy when you paste them. Try: Ask for "plain text, no bold."

What a strong prompt includes

  • Uses the abstract as the judge
  • Checks for overclaiming
  • Asks for a citation
  • Names the 4 labels
  • Asks for plain text

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