Anmeldung: AI empowerd research - Exploring benefits and limitations of using artificial intelligence (AI) in the research process

Artificial Intelligence (AI) will revolutionize the way we live and work. Young researchers might need to manage their career or already their Post Doc, in a world, where most knowledge work can be done better by AI than by humans. The objective of this workshop is to show how AI can support and potentially transform the research process using the example of writing a paper or chapter.
In this workshop, participants will receive an introduction to AI, become aware of the opportunities of AI, experience several of the best tools for research, but also the risks this technology brings along. And they will have internalized that not using AI will mean – due to the exponential growth inherent in the technology – foregoing a chance to significantly improve their research. The skills can usefully be applied also for the guidance of master and bachelor students.
The workshop is directed at PhD candidates and early career researchers who are interested in using AI for their research, are not yet proficient in applying this technology and wish to get a practical introduction to the topic. The workshop will cover the basics of what AI and participants will not be required to do coding, data processing, feature engineering, or model selection. In other words, the workshop is directed at researchers who want to start using popular AI tools such as ChatGPT or Gemini and NOT for those who have already ample experience and wish to use technical AI tools such as TensorFlow or PyTorch.

Lernziele

• Overview of core concepts and technologies and the likely development
• Introduction to state-of-the art AI applications for researchers such as ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Poe
• Designing effective prompts
• Practical application of AI to support working on participants’ papers or chapters,
• Critical reflection of selected legal issues, advantages and limitations of using AI