Considering the key skills required for effective research communication, Andy Tattersall, discusses how he has used AI tools to augment his work and what this might mean for academics and professionals looking to engage wider audiences. Depending on w…
Category: AI Data and Society
AI can crack double blind peer review – should we still use it?
Artificial intelligence models are particularly good at pattern matching, one potential application of this is the development of tools that detect and identify author styles, a situation that has implications for nominally blind peer review processes….
A social science agenda for studying the impacts of algorithmic decision-making
AI and algorithmic decision-making tools already influence many aspects of our lives and are likely to become increasingly embedded within businesses and governments. Drawing on recent research and examples from across the social sciences, Frederic Ger…
Generative AI should mark the end of a failed war on student academic misconduct
Higher education institutions have long been locked in a Sisyphean struggle with students prepared to cheat on tests and assignments. Considering how generative AI reveals the limitations of current assessment regimes, Utkarsh Leo argues educators and …
Book Review | Data Paradoxes: The Politics of Intensified Data Sourcing in Contemporary Healthcare
In Data Paradoxes: The Politics of Intensified Data Sourcing in Contemporary Healthcare, Klaus Hoeyer examines the paradoxes surrounding healthcare data, looking at Denmark as a case study, arguing that increased data collection does not always result …
Book Review: OK by Michelle McSweeney
In OK, Michelle McSweeney charts the history of the word ‘OK,’ from its origins in the steam-powered printing press through inventions like the telegraph and telephone and into the digital age. McSweeney illustrates how the linguistic creativity accomp…
What the deep history of deepfakes tells us about trust in images
The ability to manipulate and generate images with new technologies presents various challenges to traditional media reporting and also scholarly communication. However, as Joshua Habgood-Coote discusses the history of fake images shows, rather than he…
LawGPT? How AI is Reshaping the Legal Profession
Generative AI is causing many fields of expert and professional knowledge to reassess fundamental practices and their value. Taking law, a field that has long been warned of potential threats of automation, as a focus, Giulia Gentile outlines the socio…
Knowledge work and the role of higher education in an AI era
As AI becomes increasingly entangled into different forms of knowledge work, Bert Verhoeven and Vishal Rana discuss how higher education can adapt to meet the needs of a changing labour market. Pointing to the limits of traditional forms of testing in …
Book Review: Being You: A New Science of Consciousness by Anil Seth
In Being You, Anil Seth takes us on a comprehensive tour through the science of consciousness, drawing on the most up-to-date data, lessons and theories in the field. This is a compelling book that will leave readers pondering whether new technologies …