Researchers losing the ability to develop scientific reasoning a big fear with AI: Climate Scientist William Boos

A fundamental fear with artificial intelligence (AI) and its growing use in science is that researchers, particularly students, could become so dependent on AI that they lose the ability to develop scientific reasoning and thinking skills, believes William Boos, climate scientist and professor at the University of California, Berkeley.

“I’m skeptical we will be able to replace human ingenuity totally, but if we get to a level where people are being trained, and students rely on it so much that they lose the ability to develop scientific reasoning and thinking skills, we’re going to be in a hard place as a society,” Boos told The Economic Times Digital in an exclusive chat during a conference organised by Ashoka University titled Future of Climate: AI, Science and Society.