AI can be a powerful tool for scientists. But it can also fuel research misconduct

<https://theconversation.com/ai-can-be-a-powerful-tool-for-scientists-but-it-can-also-fuel-research-misconduct-246410>

"In February this year, Google announced it was launching “a new AI system for
scientists”. It said this system was a collaborative tool designed to help
scientists “in creating novel hypotheses and research plans”.

It’s too early to tell just how useful this particular tool will be to
scientists. But what is clear is that artificial intelligence (AI) more
generally is already transforming science.

Last year for example, computer scientists won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry
for developing an AI model to predict the shape of every protein known to
mankind. Chair of the Nobel Committee, Heiner Linke, described the AI system as
the achievement of a “50-year-old dream” that solved a notoriously difficult
problem eluding scientists since the 1970s.

But while AI is allowing scientists to make technological breakthroughs that
are otherwise decades away or out of reach entirely, there’s also a darker side
to the use of AI in science: scientific misconduct is on the rise."

Cheers,
       *** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net               Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
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