La Statale per l'AI – Data analysis: Reconceptualising AI methods of inquiry

This lecture by Professor Sabrina Leonelli turns to the use of AI for scientific discovery. I examine examples of using AI methods for convenience and speed of inquiry, and dissect the very idea of convenience when applied to research. I demonstrate that apparently convenient uses of AI may turn out to be treacherous; and that resilient and responsible methods may involve highly domain- or phenomenon-specific systems, and/or the use of AI to avoid data sharing altogether, focusing instead on data analysis (as in the emerging literature on data visitations).