The primary topic of the discussion was AI in healthcare.
- Should students be taught how to use AI, or should it be banned in academia? Albany Medical College is currently working on a student policy (with contributions from their students)..
- AI is currently being used to develop/produce drugs and is very cost-effective.
- Fake citation problem - ChatGPT is creating them by combining the names of real researchers it has found with research they are not associated with.
- Since the internet is being used to train AI's. They are learning from all the good and bad out there. 'Garbage in, garbage out...'
- AI policy should well communicated in every classes' sylabus.
- The NIH has a no AI in terms of their peer-review process.
- Pico Portal (https://picoportal.org/) is using AI for systematic reviews. They recently held a webinar Recording: Leveraging GPT-4 for Systematic Reviews: https://picoportal.org/2023/09/11/gpt-4/
- Microsoft is adding AI to all their products so it can help you create letters, etc. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/ai
- The University at Albany has an AI initiative: https://libguides.library.albany.edu/c.php?g=1318632&p=9697913
- The Reference, Instruction and Outreach interest group will be holding a meeting October 12th discussing AI in a broader setting: https://cdlc.libcal.com/event/10998642
A secondary discussion was held about the current problems with PubMed, and their causes.
