Embedding AI Tools into the Research Process

A guide to the timeline and AI tools mentioned in the webinar led by Denice Lewis on December 6, 2023.

Webinar: Embedding AI Tools Into The Research Process

Webinar led by Denice Lewis, Research and Instruction Library for Engineering and Science, at Wake Forest University on December 6, 2023.

This guide was created by Emily Malloy, a student assistant at the Research Engagement and Scholarly Communication department, for training purposes.

0:30 Agenda

0:54 About Denice Lewis

2:16 Research Design Process

2:40 Scientific Method of research

3:08 Definition of AI

4:01 Verbal/Voice AI

4:43 AI disclaimers and privacy

5:30 What is the source used?

7:15 Scite.AI

7:53 Perplexity.AI

8:19 Bard.google.com (now called Gemini)

8:57 Elicit.com

9:47 Research Rabbit

10:24 Litmaps

10:51 Inciteful.xyz

11:32 Explain Paper

12:24 Free tool browser extensions

14:40 Chat GPT

15:50 Scite Assistant

16.41 Perplexity

17:33 Google Bard (updated to Google Gemini)

18:35 Elicit

19:43 Research Rabbit

22:50 Litmaps

24:56 Inciteful

27:18 Explain Paper

29:15 Where are the articles pulled from?

32:24 Aren't many of the tools like Elicit focused primarily on science?

34:51 What is your sense about the privacy settings on these tools? Is there risk about sharing works in progress with some of these tools?

37:18 Google just released Gemini, any thoughts on how it might be different than Bard?

38:06 How is ResearchRabbit different than a regular database that finds similar information based on common keywords?

42:27 If you have to detail your lit review process in a paper, how would you explain your use of these tools?

42:11 Does Explainpaper explain the paper by just pulling info straight from the article you upload or does it use an LLM?

46:30 How receptive are teaching faculty to AI tools used in research in your experience?

49:06 Using attestation forms to document the use of AI tools in research