Skills Development Workshop

Day 1: Thursday, 12 September

We are living through a period of incredible development in the capabilities and usability of Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems, most notably with the release of ChatGPT and other Large Language Models (LLMs). Used well, these systems have the potential to change much of the scientific workflow for the better, including learning new technical skills, writing code and running analyses, performing literature reviews and drafting manuscripts.This session will provide an overview of current AI tools that can be used by researchers, focusing on three areas: coding and analysis, literature reviews, and writing manuscripts. Attendees will be taught how to get the most out of AI to speed up or automate these tasks. We will cover prompt engineering, literature review tools, and analysis tools such as GitHub CoPilot and ChatGPT Data Analyst. The session will be organised around a practical exercise with attendees using AI to write a short empirical article, including analysis and writing, from start to finish. The session will end with a discussion of the ethical and professional considerations of using AI systems.As part of this session we will introduce a free-to-access platform hosted on GitHub providing a curated list of AI tools and tips.