I’ve come to the same conclusion about AI and my creativity and understanding. I see terrible examples of colleagues shamelessly saying “I put your figure into AI and it said this”. I was pretty insulted and embarrassed for them.
Great take on AI in writing, particularly academic works. I recently downloaded data from NIH RePORT on K99 and F32 postdoctoral fellowships to look at success rates by institute since 2018. I'll have to dive back in to run an experiment on AI text detection across the years of data I already have!
Thank you, Stephen, for another great post! People often ask me about my use of AI, and after I lay out the pros and cons (there are!), I often also point them to this #Substack. It is a little foggy out there, so your insights are always welcome.
Disclaimer: Grammarly often checks my grammar, and I still make mistakes, and those are all mine.
This human enjoyed this essay very much, and is grateful for your survey of the slopverse. The dilemma for editors and consumers of the scientific literature used to be bad enough with the daily torrent of legit papers and discoveries---the drinking at the fire hydrant metaphor was commonly used. Let's hope some clever individuals (like you) can come up with solutions for the new floods.
Thank you for articulating this. I know that feeling of overwhelm, and to be honest it's tricky trying to read selectively. Sticking to know authors/institutions is the obvious shortcut but as you point out, this risks making the world smaller. I'm going to have to think of a new way to prioritise what I give my attention to!
I’ve come to the same conclusion about AI and my creativity and understanding. I see terrible examples of colleagues shamelessly saying “I put your figure into AI and it said this”. I was pretty insulted and embarrassed for them.
Great take on AI in writing, particularly academic works. I recently downloaded data from NIH RePORT on K99 and F32 postdoctoral fellowships to look at success rates by institute since 2018. I'll have to dive back in to run an experiment on AI text detection across the years of data I already have!
Thank you, Stephen, for another great post! People often ask me about my use of AI, and after I lay out the pros and cons (there are!), I often also point them to this #Substack. It is a little foggy out there, so your insights are always welcome.
Disclaimer: Grammarly often checks my grammar, and I still make mistakes, and those are all mine.
This human enjoyed this essay very much, and is grateful for your survey of the slopverse. The dilemma for editors and consumers of the scientific literature used to be bad enough with the daily torrent of legit papers and discoveries---the drinking at the fire hydrant metaphor was commonly used. Let's hope some clever individuals (like you) can come up with solutions for the new floods.
Thank you for articulating this. I know that feeling of overwhelm, and to be honest it's tricky trying to read selectively. Sticking to know authors/institutions is the obvious shortcut but as you point out, this risks making the world smaller. I'm going to have to think of a new way to prioritise what I give my attention to!