logseq/pages/Omnivore___18-11-2023___AI TAKES ON GRANT APPLICATIONS.md

• full-title:: AI TAKES ON GRANT APPLICATIONS site:: omnivore.app labels:: generativeAI date-saved:: 18-11-2023 date-archived:: 18-11-2023 is-archived:: 10 source:: Omnivore state:: archived

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      Mak- ing the process challenging and cumbersome ensures that only those who are really inter- ested will apply ⤴️

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      and told me that he uses AI to do the heavy lifting when it comes to writing some of the ‘dead documents’ that make up too much of grant applications ⤴️

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      but I asked ChatGPT to write up the further details using the core ideas I had already written down ⤴️

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      can do much of the work, the process is broken. ⤴️

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      I also asked ChatGPT to write a paragraph explaining how our proposed research fit- ted the funder’s call. ⤴️

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      It cut the workload from three days to three hours. ⤴️

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      I love drawing diagrams and writing up my ideas. ⤴️

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      If experiments go wrong, you might not have time to do all of the public-engagement activi- ties you added to the grant application. ⤴️

    • • id:: 5cb4f190-0401-4a5f-aa78-e3ebbae53b94

      He replied that he had been doing it for months and that many other scientists are doing the same ⤴️

    • omnivore-note:: #CARD id:: 65c8d469-2435-4c73-ba85-c5f283ea90a6
      • id:: bb988f49-8104-4aa4-a419-ea5e032f62d7 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 (Nature621, 672–675; 2023). ⤴️ #productivity omnivore-note:: #CARD id:: 65c8d469-2435-4c73-ba85-c5f283ea90a6
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      what is the point of asking scientists to write documents that can be easily created with AI? What value are we adding? ⤴️

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      Does this proposal fit the call brief? ⤴️

    • • id:: 4f441504-ef98-40d7-b847-b9bbee569a04

      Is the proposed science good and novel ⤴️

    • • id:: 2d0fa19f-7a96-44e6-876a-016df115e032

      are the candidates experts in the right field? ⤴️

    • • id:: c5a533a2-798c-4246-80e9-3cebedaffeb5

      This document was written without the use of AI ⤴️

    • • id:: a190cdbf-d41b-4a7a-a0ef-9da6b093024e

      l this for a 90–95% chance of getting rejected ⤴️