On the 23rd of November, the eve “Information Sciences and Artificial Ielligence” was held in the National Library of Iran. In this eve, “Homa Arshadhi”, a doctoral stude in medical librarianship and information, was prese in the specialized panel “Ethics and Artificial Ielligence” and discussed the challenges, benefits and concerns related to the use of artificial ielligence in scieific and research processes. In this article, a summary of Mrs. Arshadhi’s speech has been discussed.
The necessity of using artificial ielligence in research
Arshadhi considered the use of artificial ielligence in scieific research to be necessary and said: “Today, the use of artificial ielligence has become a requireme in many scieific fields, especially in various fields of medical sciences. Without these tools, the speed and accuracy of researches will decrease.”
He also added: “Despite the many advaages that artificial ielligence has, there are still challenges in using it correctly that should be addressed.”
Compilation of ethical guidelines
Arshadhi considered one of the main concerns in the use of artificial ielligence to be the lack of strict ethical standards and emphasized that the developme of ethical guidelines in This field is esseial. He said: “Although artificial ielligence has many capabilities, if ethical principles are not observed in its use, it can cause harm such as theft. Scieific and scieific mistakes lead. Therefore, the necessary training for the responsible use of this technology should be provided both at the individual level and at the level of scieific institutions.
Advaages of artificial ielligence in scieific research
Arshadhi meioned three major advaages of artificial ielligence in research processes:
- Increasing the speed of research: “Artificial ielligence can reduce the time required to collect data and analyze them, and this will increase the speed of research.”
- Increasing accuracy in data analysis“Using advanced artificial ielligence algorithms, it is possible to increase the accuracy of analyzes and reduce human errors.”
- Expand access to research resources: “Artificial ielligence can facilitate researchers’ access to scieific resources, especially for those in resource-constrained situations.”
Challenges of using artificial ielligence
Ms. Arshadhi poied out some basic challenges that exist in the way of using artificial ielligence in research:
- The possibility of generating false information: “Given that artificial ielligence can generate data automatically, there is also a risk of generating false or erroneous information. Artificial ielligence tools should be used in such a way that this risk is minimized.”
- Moral and legal issues: “One of the serious problems in the use of artificial ielligence is the issue of iellectual and legal ownership. “Especially when research results are generated by artificial ielligence, there may be questions about their ownership.”
- Reducing atteion to the human dimensions of research: “Artificial ielligence is still not able to fully understand the human and social dimensions of some researches. This issue can reduce the quality of social and humanitarian research.
Ethical principles in the use of artificial ielligence
Ms. Arshadhi stressed that for the correct use of artificial ielligence, certain ethical principles must be formulated. These principles include:
- Disclosure of use of artificial ielligence: “Researchers must clearly declare any use of artificial ielligence in order to preve problems such as plagiarism and scieific misconduct.”
- Responsible use of artificial ielligence: “Artificial ielligence should not replace researchers and scieific judges. These tools should act as complemes and not substitutes.”
- Review of reliable scieific sources“It is importa for researchers to ensure that the data and sources they use are from reliable and scieific sources and should not rely on unreliable data.”
At the end of his speech, Arshadhi emphasized: “The use of artificial ielligence in scieific research, although it brings many benefits, but it must be used with care and responsibility.” According to him, it is necessary to develop ethical standards and necessary training for researchers in using this technology in order to use its capacities correctly and usefully.
