How I Use AI to Write High-Quality Popular Science Articles

I recently wrote a pop-science piece on chemistry, Why Water Puts Out Fire. Did you notice it was actually written by an AI?

What? Fooling my readers? Not at all. It’s not what you think. I didn’t just give a prompt like “write a pop-science article on why water puts out fire” and blindly copy-paste the output. Try it yourself, and you’ll see what a mess that makes.

This article was created using a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) I developed to turn curiosity into genuine understanding, and then into a high-quality science article.

1. In-depth Discussion

Whenever a topic sparks my interest, I dive into an in-depth discussion with an AI like Gemini 2.5 Pro. I probe the underlying principles to build a systematic understanding, all while fact-checking key details to sidestep AI hallu…