The release of the Guidelines on Popular Science Creation for Scientific and Technical Professionals marks an important step as China's fourth scientific enlightenment enters a new stage. Based on the author's long-term practical experience in science popularization, this paper summarizes the "four key levers" for science popularization and analyzes their complementarity with the Guidelines in terms of audience targeting, topic orientation, and forms of expression. In light of the new challenges facing science popularization in the era of artificial intelligence, this paper also analyzes the future direction of the "four key levers":knowledge transmission may no longer be the core focus; rather, scientific methods, critical thinking, and the integration of science and the humanities will constitute the central mission of science popularization in the age of artificial intelligence（AI）.

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