This course has been very interesting and has definitely shaped my views on AI and how I intend to use AI moving forward. When we talked about why it is important to cite AI, I realized then that not only does that ensure credibility and accountability, it also ensures that we give credit where it’s due. I think it’s easy to cite sources from literature, but I think we must extend that same attitude when working with AI because it is also a source of information in some sense.
Personally, I will continue to use AI for tasks including complementing my studying, generating quiz ideas and topics, comparing ideas, and for feedback on various projects and work. Professionally, I plan on using AI to cross-check my work, give feedback, and find sources (which I will double-check for accuracy). I do not think I have a choice on whether or not to use AI because a lot of fields are embracing AI, and especially in scientific research. For example, many authors are using AI to find sources, improve readability, and ensure reproducibility of their papers and experiments. If anything, it might hurt to not use AI or know how to navigate it, and I like that we are learning those skills in this class and in other school activities.
Nevertheless, it is important to recognize that AI is not always accurate. For example, we explored the Alzheimer’s hypotheses and how AI gestures to use the old hypothesis just because of how frequent it is in the literature. That being said, AI is still very useful in scientific research and needs to be verified and cited to ensure accuracy.
Overall, we should continue paying attention and updating how we use AI and when it’s okay or not okay. Especially as students and pre-professionals, AI has various uses that we can benefit from while being conscious of its limitations. We should also rely on our personal ideas and thoughts often, in order not to over-outsource everything to AI. We can do this by creating specific policies on AI use whenever needed, creating trusts and cooperations to represent us and share our thoughts and sentiments on AI use, etc.
You bring to light a good point, that AI is best when used by experts or people who already understand what they are looking at. What is your one LLM tip for all users?
Reading this makes me think that at this point, AI should become so accurate and a trustworthy source of information that people don’t even have to question the credibility of using/citing AI. People are/will keep using it and if the creators of these AI stuff want to get credit, they should polish it to the highest quality.