Can Artificial Intelligence Accelerate Technological Progress?

Researchers' Perspectives on AI in Manufacturing and Materials Science.

http://pshapira.net/2025/12/13/can-artificial-intelligence-accelerate-technological-progress/

How will AI advance science?

The University of Manchester media team has posted a nice piece on work (with Cornelia Lawson, Liangping Ding & Julie Jebsen at the Manchester Institute Of Innovation Research) probing how will AI advance science? (aka The "AI in the Lab" Project). The original piece is at PS. The photo at the end of the piece is from our recent AI in the Lab international workshop with our European partners.

http://pshapira.net/2025/12/13/how-will-ai-advance-science/

Tracking AI’s Scientific Anatomy

A Novel Framework for Analyzing the Use and Diffusion of AI in Science

http://pshapira.net/2025/11/10/tracking-ais-scientific-anatomy/

AI in the Lab workshop, roundtable, and conference presentation

AI in the Lab researchers convened at the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research to explore how artificial intelligence is transforming scientific work.

http://pshapira.net/2025/09/17/ai-in-the-lab-workshop-roundtable-and-conference-presentation/

Rise of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Science

Our new study on the Rise of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Science shows that Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) is playing an increasingly significant role in research, with growing use across disciplines. Using scientific publication data for 2017–2023 from the OpenAlex bibliometric database, we applied a two-stage classifier built on GPT-4 and SciBERT to distinguish between studies that apply AI…

http://pshapira.net/2025/09/08/rise-of-generative-artificial-intelligence-in-science/

A Perspective on the Biodiversity Moonshot

This essay -- arising from a collaboration with an amazing international team of colleagues -- is now out (open access) in Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility! The bottom line: Tackling the challenge of biodiversity "demands not just better management, but a new imagination of what business is and what it is for."

http://pshapira.net/2025/07/31/a-perspective-on-the-biodiversity-moonshot/

Preprint: Generative AI in Science – Applications, Challenges, and Emerging Questions

What does the literature tell us about applications, challenges, and emerging questions raised by the increasing use of Generative AI in science?

http://pshapira.net/2025/07/18/preprint-generative-ai-in-science-applications-challenges-and-emerging-questions/

How can we foster responsible innovation in synthetic genomics?

This paper revisits what responsibility means in synthetic genomics, using the RRI framework to argue for broader ethical considerations beyond biosafety as the field advances toward real-world applications.

http://pshapira.net/2025/07/18/how-can-we-foster-responsible-innovation-in-synthetic-genomics/

Delving into “delve”

If scientific authors use ChatGPT in writing their papers, it is likely that common ChatGPT words will appear.

http://pshapira.net/2024/03/31/delving-into-delve/

Job Opening – University of Manchester: Research Associate: AI in Science (Qualitative)

We see a Postdoctoral Research Associate to work on the project “Innovations in the Lab: Leveraging Transformations in Science” at the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research. Includes focus on implications of AI in science.

The closing date for applications is April 4, 2024. For further details and to apply, see: https://www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?JobId=28070