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AI "probabilistic" ≠ statistical probability: A practical mental model for AI research tools

  • 1.  AI "probabilistic" ≠ statistical probability: A practical mental model for AI research tools

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    Dear Colleagues,

    I'm excited to share information about my upcoming online workshop, "Deductive Science and Inductive Intelligence: Integrate AI in Your Research." 

    This online workshop encourages scholarship focused on workflow integration of digital technologies and promotes initiatives to build AI fluency in research and academe. 

    Many researchers have tried AI literature tools and come away uncertain and/or frustrated; outputs can feel broad, inconsistent, or hard to place within rigorous research practice. On June 16, I'm hosting a 60-minute workshop that offers a clear, research‑aligned explanation of how inductive AI tools operate differently from the deductive logic most researchers have been trained to follow.  We'll look at how several AI tools retrieve and summarize literature and consider how "probabilistic" reasoning in AI differs from hypothesis‑testing in statistical inference.

    Online Workshop: Deductive Science and Inductive Intelligence: Integrate AI in Your Research

    When: Tuesday, June 16  1-2 pm ET  | Cost: $25

    Register:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/deductive-science-and-inductive-intelligence-integrate-ai-in-your-research-registration-1989963496386?aff=oddtdtcreator

    Feel free to share this information with anyone who might be interested.



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    Denise Potosky
    Academy Professor & Professor Emerita
    The Pennsylvania State University
    dxp16@psu.edu
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