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48 lines
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* full-title:: [AI TAKES ON GRANT APPLICATIONS](https://omnivore.app/me/u-94847-e-7-e-85-e-7-11-ee-b-0-ce-6-f-17-da-1-c-2-f-21-d-41586-0-18be16bc09b)
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site:: [omnivore.app](https://omnivore.app/attachments/u/94847e7e-85e7-11ee-b0ce-6f17da1c2f21/d41586-023-03238-5.pdf)
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labels:: [[generativeAI]]
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date-saved:: [[18-11-2023]]
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date-archived:: [[18-11-2023]]
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is-archived:: 10
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source:: [[Omnivore]]
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state:: [[archived]]
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- collapsed:: true
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* ### Highlights
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collapsed:: true
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- * id:: 61bf33c5-3549-4384-a9c8-077683077f85
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> Mak- ing the process challenging and cumbersome ensures that only those who are really inter- ested will apply [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/u-94847-e-7-e-85-e-7-11-ee-b-0-ce-6-f-17-da-1-c-2-f-21-d-41586-0-18be16bc09b#61bf33c5-3549-4384-a9c8-077683077f85)
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- * id:: 2ebf8485-6015-47e4-bc0f-6f63a8a41f20
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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 [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/u-94847-e-7-e-85-e-7-11-ee-b-0-ce-6-f-17-da-1-c-2-f-21-d-41586-0-18be16bc09b#2ebf8485-6015-47e4-bc0f-6f63a8a41f20)
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- * id:: 1a8d10ba-5262-4db8-9f15-798423b5890c
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> but I asked ChatGPT to write up the further details using the core ideas I had already written down [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/u-94847-e-7-e-85-e-7-11-ee-b-0-ce-6-f-17-da-1-c-2-f-21-d-41586-0-18be16bc09b#1a8d10ba-5262-4db8-9f15-798423b5890c)
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- * id:: 2eea8d1a-c942-41b5-ad7d-477390065de7
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> can do much of the work, the process is broken. [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/u-94847-e-7-e-85-e-7-11-ee-b-0-ce-6-f-17-da-1-c-2-f-21-d-41586-0-18be16bc09b#2eea8d1a-c942-41b5-ad7d-477390065de7)
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- * id:: ad1bc21e-fa6b-44b1-a19b-ee29457d9ddb
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> I also asked ChatGPT to write a paragraph explaining how our proposed research fit- ted the funder’s call. [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/u-94847-e-7-e-85-e-7-11-ee-b-0-ce-6-f-17-da-1-c-2-f-21-d-41586-0-18be16bc09b#ad1bc21e-fa6b-44b1-a19b-ee29457d9ddb)
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- * id:: 125581e0-6882-4af5-8102-2c0b33a73e0e
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> It cut the workload from three days to three hours. [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/u-94847-e-7-e-85-e-7-11-ee-b-0-ce-6-f-17-da-1-c-2-f-21-d-41586-0-18be16bc09b#125581e0-6882-4af5-8102-2c0b33a73e0e)
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- * id:: f36d0136-5786-4354-9430-7be756109dd5
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> I love drawing diagrams and writing up my ideas. [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/u-94847-e-7-e-85-e-7-11-ee-b-0-ce-6-f-17-da-1-c-2-f-21-d-41586-0-18be16bc09b#f36d0136-5786-4354-9430-7be756109dd5)
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- * id:: 51844d32-86db-4aca-be1a-7285e7e66c36
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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. [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/u-94847-e-7-e-85-e-7-11-ee-b-0-ce-6-f-17-da-1-c-2-f-21-d-41586-0-18be16bc09b#51844d32-86db-4aca-be1a-7285e7e66c36)
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- * id:: 5cb4f190-0401-4a5f-aa78-e3ebbae53b94
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> He replied that he had been doing it for months and that many other scientists are doing the same [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/u-94847-e-7-e-85-e-7-11-ee-b-0-ce-6-f-17-da-1-c-2-f-21-d-41586-0-18be16bc09b#5cb4f190-0401-4a5f-aa78-e3ebbae53b94)
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- omnivore-note:: #CARD
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id:: 65c8d469-2435-4c73-ba85-c5f283ea90a6
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* id:: bb988f49-8104-4aa4-a419-ea5e032f62d7
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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 (Nature621, 672–675; 2023). [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/u-94847-e-7-e-85-e-7-11-ee-b-0-ce-6-f-17-da-1-c-2-f-21-d-41586-0-18be16bc09b#bb988f49-8104-4aa4-a419-ea5e032f62d7) #[[productivity]]
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omnivore-note:: #CARD
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id:: 65c8d469-2435-4c73-ba85-c5f283ea90a6
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- * id:: b5ea6a78-d46f-406c-a2c1-639b560ac437
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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? [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/u-94847-e-7-e-85-e-7-11-ee-b-0-ce-6-f-17-da-1-c-2-f-21-d-41586-0-18be16bc09b#b5ea6a78-d46f-406c-a2c1-639b560ac437)
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- * id:: cc7a89a7-4072-42a6-ba75-fb85f8cd6932
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> Does this proposal fit the call brief? [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/u-94847-e-7-e-85-e-7-11-ee-b-0-ce-6-f-17-da-1-c-2-f-21-d-41586-0-18be16bc09b#cc7a89a7-4072-42a6-ba75-fb85f8cd6932)
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- * id:: 4f441504-ef98-40d7-b847-b9bbee569a04
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> Is the proposed science good and novel [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/u-94847-e-7-e-85-e-7-11-ee-b-0-ce-6-f-17-da-1-c-2-f-21-d-41586-0-18be16bc09b#4f441504-ef98-40d7-b847-b9bbee569a04)
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- * id:: 2d0fa19f-7a96-44e6-876a-016df115e032
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> are the candidates experts in the right field? [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/u-94847-e-7-e-85-e-7-11-ee-b-0-ce-6-f-17-da-1-c-2-f-21-d-41586-0-18be16bc09b#2d0fa19f-7a96-44e6-876a-016df115e032)
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- * id:: c5a533a2-798c-4246-80e9-3cebedaffeb5
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> This document was written without the use of AI [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/u-94847-e-7-e-85-e-7-11-ee-b-0-ce-6-f-17-da-1-c-2-f-21-d-41586-0-18be16bc09b#c5a533a2-798c-4246-80e9-3cebedaffeb5)
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- * id:: a190cdbf-d41b-4a7a-a0ef-9da6b093024e
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> l this for a 90–95% chance of getting rejected [⤴️](https://omnivore.app/me/u-94847-e-7-e-85-e-7-11-ee-b-0-ce-6-f-17-da-1-c-2-f-21-d-41586-0-18be16bc09b#a190cdbf-d41b-4a7a-a0ef-9da6b093024e) |