Can AI Bridge the Literacy Gap? Developing a GPT-4 Summarization Tool for Low Literacy

Sichen Guo; François Leborgne; Jun Hu; Walter Baets

Can AI Bridge the Literacy Gap? Developing a GPT-4 Summarization Tool for Low Literacy

Sichen Guo
, François Leborgne
, Jun Hu
, Walter Baets

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Abstract

In the Netherlands, 2.5 million adults grapple with low literacy—a gap between integration and an increasingly information-dense
society. To address this, we have developed an innovative intervention using GPT-4, integrated within the user interface built via Streamlit, to summarize and simplify the complexity of official documents and everyday text. This paper outlines the design and anticipated functionality of our tool, which uses the summarization capabilities of GPT-4 to trans complicated language into concise, accessible content with clear action points and connect with related organizations. Six participants were invited to this study. We evaluate the tool’s impact on enhancingform the societal participation of adults lacking basic skills, proposing that such an application can empower low-literacy individuals and bridge the gap to an informed and equitable society.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	From User to Human: USINET Alumni Event 2024
Editors	Jun Hu, Javed Khan
Publisher	Eindhoven University of Technology
Chapter	III
Pages	52-65
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Print)	978-90-386-6016-5
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2024
Event	From User to Human: USINET Alumni Event 2024 - Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands Duration: 14 Jun 2024 → 14 Jun 2024

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Other	From User to Human
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Eindhoven
Period	14/06/24 → 14/06/24

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Keywords

LLM
AI
Human AI Interaction
low literacy

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Can AI Bridge the Literacy Gap? Developing a GPT-4 Summarization Tool for Low Literacy. / Guo, Sichen; Leborgne, François; Hu, Jun et al.
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Can AI Bridge the Literacy Gap? Developing a GPT-4 Summarization Tool for Low Literacy

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