How A.I. Could Change Science Forever

It's getting harder to harder to ignore the potential disruptive power of AI in research. Scientists are already using AI tools but could the future lead to complete replacement of humans? How will our scientific institutions transform? These are difficult questions but ones we have to talk about in today's episode.

Written, presented & edited by Prof. David Kipping.

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REFERENCES
► Smith & Geach 2024, "Astronomia ex machina: a history, primer, and outlook on neural networks in astronomy", Royal Society Open Science, 10, 221454: https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.03796
► Toner-Rodgers 2024, "Artificial Intelligence, Scientific Discovery,
and Product Innovation": https://aidantr.github.io/files/AI_innovation.pdf
► Dell'Acqua et al. 2023, "Navigating the Jagged Technological Frontier: Field Experimental Evidence of the Effects of AI on Knowledge Worker Productivity and Quality": http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4573321

MUSIC
Licensed by SoundStripe.com (SS) [shorturl.at/ptBHI], Artlist.io, via CC Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) or with permission from the artist.
0:00 Hill - The Travelers
2:50 Hill - A Slowly Lifting Fog
5:57 Kyle Preston - Dark Tension
7:50 Falls - Ripley
10:50 Chris Zabriskie - Cylinder Four
13:18 Hill - Echoes of Yesterday
17:28 Joachim Heinrich - Y

CHAPTERS
0:00 Intellectual AI
3:00 Current AI in Astronomy
6:59 @DrBrianKeating
7:56 The Research Cycle
9:59 Neil DeGrasse Tyson
10:51 Disruptive Machines
14:37 Humanism
16:51 The Future
19:04 Outro and Credits

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