• Question: Can you see AI being used more frequently to help with your work? Do you think this would be a good decision?

    Asked by neck519taro to Sophia, letiziaprotopapa, Jo, Jack McKinlay, Henry D, chloecolson, bhaktishah on 7 May 2025.
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      Letizia Protopapa answered on 7 May 2025:

      I can definitely see how AI can be used more and more in my job / jobs like mine, especially for imaging applications. In fact it’s actually being used more and more (there’s a lot of research on machine learning to improve imaging speed or accuracy etc.). AI can be very useful, as long as it’s being used in the right way (rather than as a black box).

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      Sophia Jones answered on 8 May 2025:

      short answer YES for sure. AI already helps me code and I think this is a really good thing, I get projects done much faster now than I did even a year ago. But I think it’s really important that I understand how this code works, and don’t just totally trust AI.

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      Jack McKinlay answered on 13 May 2025:

      As an AI researcher, it would be hard to use less of it! But using AI to do research is a popular topic at the moment, and a very contentious one. On one hand, it definitely can help with searching for information and writing reports, but on the other it may make up a lot of the information it gives us, or be used to submit fake papers for research that never actually happened. Like any tool, it’s going to need some careful inspection to decide what the best way to use it in research is.

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    MarcusDavage commented on :

    I use tools like ChatGPT to generate prototype code (computer programs) for complex routines. Of course, I have to check them for accuracy, security, functionality etc., but it’s a good start.