Mizrahi, Moti (2025) AI4Science and the Context Distinction. [Preprint]

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Abstract

“AI4Science” refers to the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in scientific research. As AI systems become more widely used in science, we need guidelines for when such uses are acceptable and when they are unacceptable. To that end, I propose that the distinction between the context of discovery and the context of justification, which comes from philosophy of science, may provide a preliminary but still useful guideline for acceptable uses of AI in science. Given that AI systems used in scientific research are black boxes, for the most part, we should use such systems in the context of discovery but not in the context of justification. The former refers to processes of idea generation, which may be unproblematically opaque whether they occur in human brains or artificial neural networks, whereas the latter refers to scientific methods by which scientific ideas are tested, confirmed, verified, and justified, which should be transparent.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Mizrahi, Moti motimizra@gmail.com
Additional Information:	Forthcoming in AI and Ethics
Keywords:	AI4Science, context distinction, discovery, explicability, justification
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Artificial Intelligence > AI and Ethics General Issues > Ethical Issues General Issues > Technology
Depositing User:	Dr. Moti Mizrahi
Date Deposited:	12 Jan 2025 13:54
Last Modified:	12 Jan 2025 13:54
Item ID:	24525
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Artificial Intelligence > AI and Ethics General Issues > Ethical Issues General Issues > Technology
Date:	11 January 2025
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/24525

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