thanks for reading Nicole! I feel like it was the least I could do in terms of sharing what was going on and helping folks get a sense of the larger conversations...
Your writing brought back memories for me of this Open Access Day in 2007 when I was working for the MIT Libraries. Students put stickers on journal shelves in the library showing the crazy high prices of journal subs. https://www.flickr.com/gp/nic221/G0v01N75e3
If these institutions (which are typically more resource) have access to more robust generative AI tools, it means the searching, acquiring, summarizing research literature (in relation to one's research question rather than the general abstract) and some level of analyzing can happen more quickly (minutes over hours). The amount of time it takes to get to the writing and completing will be further reduced. So that these scholars are inevitable more productive or more quickly getting papers out there.
If we see ample different types of AI tools used between resource-rich and less-resource institutions, I just see it as resulting in more effective use cases for those tools throughout the research process that will result in more time saved (to potentially do more research or other things to further advance one's career that won't be available at less resourced-institutions).
Thanks for these useful summaries!
thanks for reading Nicole! I feel like it was the least I could do in terms of sharing what was going on and helping folks get a sense of the larger conversations...
Your writing brought back memories for me of this Open Access Day in 2007 when I was working for the MIT Libraries. Students put stickers on journal shelves in the library showing the crazy high prices of journal subs. https://www.flickr.com/gp/nic221/G0v01N75e3
I'm learning a lot here! Thank you. Don't totally understand yet why generative AI would exacerbate inequality between research institutions.
thanks and yes, I lost the thread there...
If these institutions (which are typically more resource) have access to more robust generative AI tools, it means the searching, acquiring, summarizing research literature (in relation to one's research question rather than the general abstract) and some level of analyzing can happen more quickly (minutes over hours). The amount of time it takes to get to the writing and completing will be further reduced. So that these scholars are inevitable more productive or more quickly getting papers out there.
If we see ample different types of AI tools used between resource-rich and less-resource institutions, I just see it as resulting in more effective use cases for those tools throughout the research process that will result in more time saved (to potentially do more research or other things to further advance one's career that won't be available at less resourced-institutions).