#slowscience — Public Fediverse posts

Segnalo un paio di appuntamenti in arrivo sul territorio bolognese. Il primo è lunedì 4 maggio alle 18 alla Biblioteca Dario Nobili del CNR (via Gobetti 101, Bologna), dove presenterò Scritture digitali all’interno della rassegna Slow Science (si tratta del recupero della data che era stata programmata per il 9 marzo, rimandata per miei problemi di salute). Sarà possibile seguire la presentazione in diretta streaming a partire dal link “segui online” della home page di Slow Science.

Per il secondo appuntamento ci spostiamo in appennino e più precisamente a Bisaboga (a Montasico, nel comune di Marzabotto), dove venerdì 8 maggio ci sarà Maledetti Bagagli Digitali – una giornata per le alternative software. Questo il programma:

• Dalle ore 18.00: Unsubscribe party + Aperitivo/Cena a offerta libera (consigliata 5 euro, inclusa donazione a sostegno del luogo ospitante). Bevande e bar a parte.
• 20.00-21.30 Presentazione e tavola rotonda con gli autori: Kenobit (Assalto alle piattaforme), Roberto Laghi (Scritture digitali), Giuliana Sorci (Server ribelli), con la moderazione di Agata del collettivo Autistici/Inventati (che festeggia i suoi 25 anni).
• 21.30 in poi: musica, balotta + continua l’unsubscribe party.

La serata sarà l’occasione per installare e sperimentare software e applicazioni che rispettano la privacy, che non si nutrono dei nostri dati per una tecnologia più umana e meno alienante. Maledetti Bagagli Digitali è anche un evento di avvicinamento ad Hackmeeting 0x1D, che sarà in zona Firenze dal 12 al 15 Giugno.

Info e dettagli, anche su come arrivare, sul sito della Rete appenninica.

Ci si vede in giro!

Segnalo un paio di appuntamenti in arrivo sul territorio bolognese. Il primo è lunedì 4 maggio alle 18 alla Biblioteca Dario Nobili del CNR (via Gobetti 101, Bologna), dove presenterò Scritture digitali all’interno della rassegna Slow Science (si tratta del recupero della data che era stata programmata per il 9 marzo, rimandata per miei problemi di salute). Sarà possibile seguire la presentazione in diretta streaming a partire dal link “segui online” della home page di Slow Science.

Per il secondo appuntamento ci spostiamo in appennino e più precisamente a Bisaboga (a Montasico, nel comune di Marzabotto), dove venerdì 8 maggio ci sarà Maledetti Bagagli Digitali – una giornata per le alternative software. Questo il programma:

• Dalle ore 18.00: Unsubscribe party + Aperitivo/Cena a offerta libera (consigliata 5 euro, inclusa donazione a sostegno del luogo ospitante). Bevande e bar a parte.
• 20.00-21.30 Presentazione e tavola rotonda con gli autori: Kenobit (Assalto alle piattaforme), Roberto Laghi (Scritture digitali), Giuliana Sorci (Server ribelli), con la moderazione di Agata del collettivo Autistici/Inventati (che festeggia i suoi 25 anni).
• 21.30 in poi: musica, balotta + continua l’unsubscribe party.

La serata sarà l’occasione per installare e sperimentare software e applicazioni che rispettano la privacy, che non si nutrono dei nostri dati per una tecnologia più umana e meno alienante. Maledetti Bagagli Digitali è anche un evento di avvicinamento ad Hackmeeting 0x1D, che sarà in zona Firenze dal 12 al 15 Giugno.

Info e dettagli, anche su come arrivare, sul sito della Rete appenninica.

Ci si vede in giro!

Segnalo un paio di appuntamenti in arrivo sul territorio bolognese. Il primo è lunedì 4 maggio alle 18 alla Biblioteca Dario Nobili del CNR (via Gobetti 101, Bologna), dove presenterò Scritture digitali all’interno della rassegna Slow Science (si tratta del recupero della data che era stata programmata per il 9 marzo, rimandata per miei problemi di salute). Sarà possibile seguire la presentazione in diretta streaming a partire dal link “segui online” della home page di Slow Science.

Per il secondo appuntamento ci spostiamo in appennino e più precisamente a Bisaboga (a Montasico, nel comune di Marzabotto), dove venerdì 8 maggio ci sarà Maledetti Bagagli Digitali – una giornata per le alternative software. Questo il programma:

• Dalle ore 18.00: Unsubscribe party + Aperitivo/Cena a offerta libera (consigliata 5 euro, inclusa donazione a sostegno del luogo ospitante). Bevande e bar a parte.
• 20.00-21.30 Presentazione e tavola rotonda con gli autori: Kenobit (Assalto alle piattaforme), Roberto Laghi (Scritture digitali), Giuliana Sorci (Server ribelli), con la moderazione di Agata del collettivo Autistici/Inventati (che festeggia i suoi 25 anni).
• 21.30 in poi: musica, balotta + continua l’unsubscribe party.

La serata sarà l’occasione per installare e sperimentare software e applicazioni che rispettano la privacy, che non si nutrono dei nostri dati per una tecnologia più umana e meno alienante. Maledetti Bagagli Digitali è anche un evento di avvicinamento ad Hackmeeting 0x1D, che sarà in zona Firenze dal 12 al 15 Giugno.

Info e dettagli, anche su come arrivare, sul sito della Rete appenninica.

Ci si vede in giro!

Segnalo un paio di appuntamenti in arrivo sul territorio bolognese. Il primo è lunedì 4 maggio alle 18 alla Biblioteca Dario Nobili del CNR (via Gobetti 101, Bologna), dove presenterò Scritture digitali all’interno della rassegna Slow Science (si tratta del recupero della data che era stata programmata per il 9 marzo, rimandata per miei problemi di salute). Sarà possibile seguire la presentazione in diretta streaming a partire dal link “segui online” della home page di Slow Science.

Per il secondo appuntamento ci spostiamo in appennino e più precisamente a Bisaboga (a Montasico, nel comune di Marzabotto), dove venerdì 8 maggio ci sarà Maledetti Bagagli Digitali – una giornata per le alternative software. Questo il programma:

• Dalle ore 18.00: Unsubscribe party + Aperitivo/Cena a offerta libera (consigliata 5 euro, inclusa donazione a sostegno del luogo ospitante). Bevande e bar a parte.
• 20.00-21.30 Presentazione e tavola rotonda con gli autori: Kenobit (Assalto alle piattaforme), Roberto Laghi (Scritture digitali), Giuliana Sorci (Server ribelli), con la moderazione di Agata del collettivo Autistici/Inventati (che festeggia i suoi 25 anni).
• 21.30 in poi: musica, balotta + continua l’unsubscribe party.

La serata sarà l’occasione per installare e sperimentare software e applicazioni che rispettano la privacy, che non si nutrono dei nostri dati per una tecnologia più umana e meno alienante. Maledetti Bagagli Digitali è anche un evento di avvicinamento ad Hackmeeting 0x1D, che sarà in zona Firenze dal 12 al 15 Giugno.

Info e dettagli, anche su come arrivare, sul sito della Rete appenninica.

Ci si vede in giro!

Segnalo un paio di appuntamenti in arrivo sul territorio bolognese. Il primo è lunedì 4 maggio alle 18 alla Biblioteca Dario Nobili del CNR (via Gobetti 101, Bologna), dove presenterò Scritture digitali all’interno della rassegna Slow Science (si tratta del recupero della data che era stata programmata per il 9 marzo, rimandata per miei problemi di salute). Sarà possibile seguire la presentazione in diretta streaming a partire dal link “segui online” della home page di Slow Science.

Per il secondo appuntamento ci spostiamo in appennino e più precisamente a Bisaboga (a Montasico, nel comune di Marzabotto), dove venerdì 8 maggio ci sarà Maledetti Bagagli Digitali – una giornata per le alternative software. Questo il programma:

• Dalle ore 18.00: Unsubscribe party + Aperitivo/Cena a offerta libera (consigliata 5 euro, inclusa donazione a sostegno del luogo ospitante). Bevande e bar a parte.
• 20.00-21.30 Presentazione e tavola rotonda con gli autori: Kenobit (Assalto alle piattaforme), Roberto Laghi (Scritture digitali), Giuliana Sorci (Server ribelli), con la moderazione di Agata del collettivo Autistici/Inventati (che festeggia i suoi 25 anni).
• 21.30 in poi: musica, balotta + continua l’unsubscribe party.

La serata sarà l’occasione per installare e sperimentare software e applicazioni che rispettano la privacy, che non si nutrono dei nostri dati per una tecnologia più umana e meno alienante. Maledetti Bagagli Digitali è anche un evento di avvicinamento ad Hackmeeting 0x1D, che sarà in zona Firenze dal 12 al 15 Giugno.

Info e dettagli, anche su come arrivare, sul sito della Rete appenninica.

Ci si vede in giro!

Watercolouring recent academic fieldwork along the so-called “Green Line” that divides the island of Cyprus. Making slow sense of experiences, thoughts, observations on paper.

#watercolor #watercolour #visualMethods #creativeMethods #acwri #academicWriting #slowscience

Watercolouring recent academic fieldwork along the so-called “Green Line” that divides the island of Cyprus. Making slow sense of experiences, thoughts, observations on paper.

#watercolor #watercolour #visualMethods #creativeMethods #acwri #academicWriting #slowscience

Watercolouring recent academic fieldwork along the so-called “Green Line” that divides the island of Cyprus. Making slow sense of experiences, thoughts, observations on paper.

#watercolor #watercolour #visualMethods #creativeMethods #acwri #academicWriting #slowscience

Watercolouring recent academic fieldwork along the so-called “Green Line” that divides the island of Cyprus. Making slow sense of experiences, thoughts, observations on paper.

#watercolor #watercolour #visualMethods #creativeMethods #acwri #academicWriting #slowscience

Watercolouring recent academic fieldwork along the so-called “Green Line” that divides the island of Cyprus. Making slow sense of experiences, thoughts, observations on paper.

#watercolor #watercolour #visualMethods #creativeMethods #acwri #academicWriting #slowscience

A recent blog post from @aidybarnett on his decision to halve his research output (for the greater good of all):

https://medianwatch.netlify.app/post/slow_science/

#SlowScience #AcademicLife #Research

A recent blog post from @aidybarnett on his decision to halve his research output (for the greater good of all):

https://medianwatch.netlify.app/post/slow_science/

#SlowScience #AcademicLife #Research

A recent blog post from @aidybarnett on his decision to halve his research output (for the greater good of all):

https://medianwatch.netlify.app/post/slow_science/

#SlowScience #AcademicLife #Research

A recent blog post from @aidybarnett on his decision to halve his research output (for the greater good of all):

https://medianwatch.netlify.app/post/slow_science/

#SlowScience #AcademicLife #Research

A recent blog post from @aidybarnett on his decision to halve his research output (for the greater good of all):

https://medianwatch.netlify.app/post/slow_science/

#SlowScience #AcademicLife #Research

A movement perfectly aligned with current times: the need for a slower science. A system that enables equal opportunity irrespective of gender, ethnicity, wealth, identity, etc. Slow science that does not burn its workers, respecting different career choices and abilities. More time for reflecting and planning, and for research at a pace that enables quality, not competitive quantity. A science requiring fewer resources, respecting the environment, and focusing on the real societal needs, not in economic gain for the few or hollow "innovation".

https://www.slow-science.com/index.html

#SlowScience #sustainability

Est-ce qu’il y a encore du sens à organiser de grandes conférences scientifiques internationales ?

📖 Au cours d'une résidence d'écriture avec des collègues de #STS il y a deux ans, nous avons écrit un texte collectif pour imaginer d'autres formes d'échanges scientifiques, en mode #SlowScience.

Il vient de paraître dans le Journal of Environmental Media 👉 https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/jem_00153_1

🧵J'en parle dans ce fil.

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Est-ce qu’il y a encore du sens à organiser de grandes conférences scientifiques internationales ?

📖 Au cours d'une résidence d'écriture avec des collègues de #STS il y a deux ans, nous avons écrit un texte collectif pour imaginer d'autres formes d'échanges scientifiques, en mode #SlowScience.

Il vient de paraître dans le Journal of Environmental Media 👉 https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/jem_00153_1

🧵J'en parle dans ce fil.

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Est-ce qu’il y a encore du sens à organiser de grandes conférences scientifiques internationales ?

📖 Au cours d'une résidence d'écriture avec des collègues de #STS il y a deux ans, nous avons écrit un texte collectif pour imaginer d'autres formes d'échanges scientifiques, en mode #SlowScience.

Il vient de paraître dans le Journal of Environmental Media 👉 https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/jem_00153_1

🧵J'en parle dans ce fil.

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Est-ce qu’il y a encore du sens à organiser de grandes conférences scientifiques internationales ?

📖 Au cours d'une résidence d'écriture avec des collègues de #STS il y a deux ans, nous avons écrit un texte collectif pour imaginer d'autres formes d'échanges scientifiques, en mode #SlowScience.

Il vient de paraître dans le Journal of Environmental Media 👉 https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/jem_00153_1

🧵J'en parle dans ce fil.

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Est-ce qu’il y a encore du sens à organiser de grandes conférences scientifiques internationales ?

📖 Au cours d'une résidence d'écriture avec des collègues de #STS il y a deux ans, nous avons écrit un texte collectif pour imaginer d'autres formes d'échanges scientifiques, en mode #SlowScience.

Il vient de paraître dans le Journal of Environmental Media 👉 https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/jem_00153_1

🧵J'en parle dans ce fil.

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On generative AI and reproducibility

Some thoughts on generative AI, reproducibility, and why the praxis of slow and reproducible science provides a useful lesson for navigating the lures of “AI”.

https://ideophone.org/on-generative-ai-and-reproducibility/

On generative AI and reproducibility

Some thoughts on generative AI, reproducibility, and why the praxis of slow and reproducible science provides a useful lesson for navigating the lures of “AI”.

https://ideophone.org/on-generative-ai-and-reproducibility/

On generative AI and reproducibility

Some thoughts on generative AI, reproducibility, and why the praxis of slow and reproducible science provides a useful lesson for navigating the lures of “AI”.

https://ideophone.org/on-generative-ai-and-reproducibility/

On generative AI and reproducibility

Some thoughts on generative AI, reproducibility, and why the praxis of slow and reproducible science provides a useful lesson for navigating the lures of “AI”.

https://ideophone.org/on-generative-ai-and-reproducibility/

On generative AI and reproducibility

Some thoughts on generative AI, reproducibility, and why the praxis of slow and reproducible science provides a useful lesson for navigating the lures of “AI”.

https://ideophone.org/on-generative-ai-and-reproducibility/

The author also mentions the idea that students who are pushed out just can't "make it". I'm reminded of Isabella Stengers' "Another Science Is Possible: A Manifesto for Slow Science". (3/4) #PhilSci #SlowScience

Another Science is Possible: A...

The author also mentions the idea that students who are pushed out just can't "make it". I'm reminded of Isabella Stengers' "Another Science Is Possible: A Manifesto for Slow Science". (3/4) #PhilSci #SlowScience

Another Science is Possible: A...

The author also mentions the idea that students who are pushed out just can't "make it". I'm reminded of Isabella Stengers' "Another Science Is Possible: A Manifesto for Slow Science". (3/4) #PhilSci #SlowScience

Another Science is Possible: A...

The author also mentions the idea that students who are pushed out just can't "make it". I'm reminded of Isabella Stengers' "Another Science Is Possible: A Manifesto for Slow Science". (3/4) #PhilSci #SlowScience

Another Science is Possible: A...

The author also mentions the idea that students who are pushed out just can't "make it". I'm reminded of Isabella Stengers' "Another Science Is Possible: A Manifesto for Slow Science". (3/4) #PhilSci #SlowScience

Another Science is Possible: A...

Another paper is with #MethodsInPsychology at #Elsevier submitted in the middle for February.

6 months later and it doesn't even have a second #reviewer yet.

I am an advocate of #SlowScience but that is not what I meant by it :(

#PeerReview #frontiers #science #publishing #frustrating #AcademicJournals #academia #psychology

Another paper is with #MethodsInPsychology at #Elsevier submitted in the middle for February.

6 months later and it doesn't even have a second #reviewer yet.

I am an advocate of #SlowScience but that is not what I meant by it :(

#PeerReview #frontiers #science #publishing #frustrating #AcademicJournals #academia #psychology

Another paper is with #MethodsInPsychology at #Elsevier submitted in the middle for February.

6 1/2 month later and it doesn't even have a second #reviewer yet.

I am an advocate of #SlowScience but that is not what I meant by it :(

#PeerReview #frontiers #science #publishing #frustrating #AcademicJournals #academia #psychology

Another paper is with #MethodsInPsychology at #Elsevier submitted in the middle for February.

6 months later and it doesn't even have a second #reviewer yet.

I am an advocate of #SlowScience but that is not what I meant by it :(

#PeerReview #frontiers #science #publishing #frustrating #AcademicJournals #academia #psychology

Another paper is with #MethodsInPsychology at #Elsevier submitted in the middle for February.

6 1/2 month later and it doesn't even have a second #reviewer yet.

I am an advocate of #SlowScience but that is not what I meant by it :(

#PeerReview #frontiers #science #publishing #frustrating #AcademicJournals #academia #psychology

My paper is now with #frontiersin #psychology for 4 months since submission.
I don't even have reviewers yet :(

I am an advocate of #SlowScience but that is not what I meant by it :(

#PeerReview #frontiers #science #publishing #frustrating #AcademicJournals #academia

My paper is now with #frontiersin #psychology for 4 months since submission.
I don't even have reviewers yet :(

I am an advocate of #SlowScience but that is not what I meant by it :(

#PeerReview #frontiers #science #publishing #frustrating #AcademicJournals #academia

My paper is now with #frontiersin #psychology for 4 month since submission.
I don't even have reviewers yet :(

I am an advocate of #SlowScience but that is not what I meant by it :(

#PeerReview #frontiers #science #publishing #frustrating #AcademicJournals #academia

My paper is now with #frontiersin #psychology for 4 months since submission.
I don't even have reviewers yet :(

I am an advocate of #SlowScience but that is not what I meant by it :(

#PeerReview #frontiers #science #publishing #frustrating #AcademicJournals #academia

My paper is now with #frontiersin #psychology for 4 month since submission.
I don't even have reviewers yet :(

I am an advocate of #SlowScience but that is not what I meant by it :(

#PeerReview #frontiers #science #publishing #frustrating #AcademicJournals #academia

Read books. Read academic articles written by human beings. Read long-length blog posts written by people of flesh and blood. Ultimately. when it comes to scientific research there can be no shortcuts to the real hard work of really absorbing the meaning behind the text.

"Even if individual scientists benefit from adopting AI, it doesn’t mean science as a whole will benefit. When thinking about the macro effects, we are dealing with a complex system with emergent properties. That system behaves in surprising ways because it is not a market. It is better than markets at some things, like rewarding truth, but worse at others, such as reacting to technological shocks. So far, on balance, AI has been an unhealthy shock to science, stretching many of its processes to the breaking point.

Any serious attempt to forecast the impact of AI on science must confront the production-progress paradox. The rate of publication of scientific papers has been growing exponentially, increasing 500 fold between 1900 and 2015. But actual progress, by any available measure, has been constant or even slowing. So we must ask how AI is impacting, and will impact, the factors that have led to this disconnect.

Our analysis in this essay suggests that AI is likely to worsen the gap. This may not be true in all scientific fields, and it is certainly not a foregone conclusion. By carefully and urgently taking actions such as those we suggest below, it may be possible to reverse course. Unfortunately, AI companies, science funders, and policy makers all seem oblivious to what the actual bottlenecks to scientific progress are. They are simply trying to accelerate production, which is like adding lanes to a highway when the slowdown is actually caused by a toll booth. It’s sure to make things worse."

https://www.aisnakeoil.com/p/could-ai-slow-science

#AI #GenerativeAI #Science #AcademicPublishing #SlowScience #CriticalThinking #Productivity

Read books. Read academic articles written by human beings. Read long-length blog posts written by people of flesh and blood. Ultimately. when it comes to scientific research there can be no shortcuts to the real hard work of really absorbing the meaning behind the text.

"Even if individual scientists benefit from adopting AI, it doesn’t mean science as a whole will benefit. When thinking about the macro effects, we are dealing with a complex system with emergent properties. That system behaves in surprising ways because it is not a market. It is better than markets at some things, like rewarding truth, but worse at others, such as reacting to technological shocks. So far, on balance, AI has been an unhealthy shock to science, stretching many of its processes to the breaking point.

Any serious attempt to forecast the impact of AI on science must confront the production-progress paradox. The rate of publication of scientific papers has been growing exponentially, increasing 500 fold between 1900 and 2015. But actual progress, by any available measure, has been constant or even slowing. So we must ask how AI is impacting, and will impact, the factors that have led to this disconnect.

Our analysis in this essay suggests that AI is likely to worsen the gap. This may not be true in all scientific fields, and it is certainly not a foregone conclusion. By carefully and urgently taking actions such as those we suggest below, it may be possible to reverse course. Unfortunately, AI companies, science funders, and policy makers all seem oblivious to what the actual bottlenecks to scientific progress are. They are simply trying to accelerate production, which is like adding lanes to a highway when the slowdown is actually caused by a toll booth. It’s sure to make things worse."

https://www.aisnakeoil.com/p/could-ai-slow-science

#AI #GenerativeAI #Science #AcademicPublishing #SlowScience #CriticalThinking #Productivity

Read books. Read academic articles written by human beings. Read long-length blog posts written by people of flesh and blood. Ultimately. when it comes to scientific research there can be no shortcuts to the real hard work of really absorbing the meaning behind the text.

"Even if individual scientists benefit from adopting AI, it doesn’t mean science as a whole will benefit. When thinking about the macro effects, we are dealing with a complex system with emergent properties. That system behaves in surprising ways because it is not a market. It is better than markets at some things, like rewarding truth, but worse at others, such as reacting to technological shocks. So far, on balance, AI has been an unhealthy shock to science, stretching many of its processes to the breaking point.

Any serious attempt to forecast the impact of AI on science must confront the production-progress paradox. The rate of publication of scientific papers has been growing exponentially, increasing 500 fold between 1900 and 2015. But actual progress, by any available measure, has been constant or even slowing. So we must ask how AI is impacting, and will impact, the factors that have led to this disconnect.

Our analysis in this essay suggests that AI is likely to worsen the gap. This may not be true in all scientific fields, and it is certainly not a foregone conclusion. By carefully and urgently taking actions such as those we suggest below, it may be possible to reverse course. Unfortunately, AI companies, science funders, and policy makers all seem oblivious to what the actual bottlenecks to scientific progress are. They are simply trying to accelerate production, which is like adding lanes to a highway when the slowdown is actually caused by a toll booth. It’s sure to make things worse."

https://www.aisnakeoil.com/p/could-ai-slow-science

#AI #GenerativeAI #Science #AcademicPublishing #SlowScience #CriticalThinking #Productivity

Read books. Read academic articles written by human beings. Read long-length blog posts written by people of flesh and blood. Ultimately. when it comes to scientific research there can be no shortcuts to the real hard work of really absorbing the meaning behind the text.

"Even if individual scientists benefit from adopting AI, it doesn’t mean science as a whole will benefit. When thinking about the macro effects, we are dealing with a complex system with emergent properties. That system behaves in surprising ways because it is not a market. It is better than markets at some things, like rewarding truth, but worse at others, such as reacting to technological shocks. So far, on balance, AI has been an unhealthy shock to science, stretching many of its processes to the breaking point.

Any serious attempt to forecast the impact of AI on science must confront the production-progress paradox. The rate of publication of scientific papers has been growing exponentially, increasing 500 fold between 1900 and 2015. But actual progress, by any available measure, has been constant or even slowing. So we must ask how AI is impacting, and will impact, the factors that have led to this disconnect.

Our analysis in this essay suggests that AI is likely to worsen the gap. This may not be true in all scientific fields, and it is certainly not a foregone conclusion. By carefully and urgently taking actions such as those we suggest below, it may be possible to reverse course. Unfortunately, AI companies, science funders, and policy makers all seem oblivious to what the actual bottlenecks to scientific progress are. They are simply trying to accelerate production, which is like adding lanes to a highway when the slowdown is actually caused by a toll booth. It’s sure to make things worse."

https://www.aisnakeoil.com/p/could-ai-slow-science

#AI #GenerativeAI #Science #AcademicPublishing #SlowScience #CriticalThinking #Productivity

Read books. Read academic articles written by human beings. Read long-length blog posts written by people of flesh and blood. Ultimately. when it comes to scientific research there can be no shortcuts to the real hard work of really absorbing the meaning behind the text.

"Even if individual scientists benefit from adopting AI, it doesn’t mean science as a whole will benefit. When thinking about the macro effects, we are dealing with a complex system with emergent properties. That system behaves in surprising ways because it is not a market. It is better than markets at some things, like rewarding truth, but worse at others, such as reacting to technological shocks. So far, on balance, AI has been an unhealthy shock to science, stretching many of its processes to the breaking point.

Any serious attempt to forecast the impact of AI on science must confront the production-progress paradox. The rate of publication of scientific papers has been growing exponentially, increasing 500 fold between 1900 and 2015. But actual progress, by any available measure, has been constant or even slowing. So we must ask how AI is impacting, and will impact, the factors that have led to this disconnect.

Our analysis in this essay suggests that AI is likely to worsen the gap. This may not be true in all scientific fields, and it is certainly not a foregone conclusion. By carefully and urgently taking actions such as those we suggest below, it may be possible to reverse course. Unfortunately, AI companies, science funders, and policy makers all seem oblivious to what the actual bottlenecks to scientific progress are. They are simply trying to accelerate production, which is like adding lanes to a highway when the slowdown is actually caused by a toll booth. It’s sure to make things worse."

https://www.aisnakeoil.com/p/could-ai-slow-science

#AI #GenerativeAI #Science #AcademicPublishing #SlowScience #CriticalThinking #Productivity

Having missed yesterday's (extended) #conference #deadline I'm now all justifying my self with a #slowscience #mindset , thinking about that priest which "took up #scientific problems as they interested him, in whichever field, and he pursued them as far as he wished and no further; and he published his work if and when he wanted to, and only when he was fully satisfied with it"
- https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240626-the-priest-who-predicted-black-holes-in-1783
... though I'm perhaps not as #multidisciplinary
🤓
https://compsci.science/slowscience

Rethinking Slow Science from the Perspective of Warzone Academics
https://trafo.hypotheses.org/56755

#science #research #academia #war #resilience #humanrights #SlowScience
#WarzoneAcademia #ScholarsAtRisk #ScienceInUkraine

Rethinking Slow Science from the Perspective of Warzone Academics
https://trafo.hypotheses.org/56755

#science #research #academia #war #resilience #humanrights #SlowScience
#WarzoneAcademia #ScholarsAtRisk #ScienceInUkraine

Rethinking Slow Science from the Perspective of Warzone Academics
https://trafo.hypotheses.org/56755

#science #research #academia #war #resilience #humanrights #SlowScience
#WarzoneAcademia #ScholarsAtRisk #ScienceInUkraine