On 15/10/23 22:05, Daniela Tafani via Aisa.circuli wrote:
> nature
> ChatGPT use shows that the grant-application system is broken
> The fact that artificial intelligence can do much of the work makes a mockery of the process. It’s time to make it easier for scientists to ask for research funding.
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> A 2023 Nature survey of 1,600 researchers found that more than 25% use AI to help them write manuscripts and that more than 15% use the technology to help them write grant proposals.
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> Some people might see the use of ChatGPT in writing grant proposals as cheating, but it actually highlights a much bigger problem: what is the point of asking scientists to write documents that can be easily created with AI? What value are we adding? Perhaps it is time for funding bodies to rethink their application processes.
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In effetti l'attuale metodo di selezione dei progetti di ricerca da
finanziare favorisce sistematicamente i temi più alla moda - che possono
essere ben rappresentati da testi triti e noiosi composti da SALAMI.
Questo era già noto quando i progetti di ricerca, in mancanza di
macchine per essere noiosi, si scrivevano ancora a mano:
https://www.roars.it/un-po-di-casualita-nella-scelta-dei-progetti-di-ricerca/
Buonanotte,
MCP
