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The Transformation of Digital Scholarship Paradigm in AI2.0 Era

Jin Jiaqin, Liu Wei (Shanghai Library)   

  • Online:2023-11-15 Published:2023-12-04
  • About author:Jin Jiaqin, Liu Wei (Shanghai Library)

Abstract:

Digital scholarship is a research paradigm in which digital technologies and methodsintervene in the academic research process. The breakthrough of generative AI represented by ChatGPTmarks the arrival of generalized AI, which some scholars call the “AI2.0 era, and also makes scientificresearch transition from data-intensive to computationally-intensive, thus entering the fifth paradigm.More and more of the research process will be involved in, or even dominated by AI. Different from datadrivenresearch, big models not only can conduct data acquisition, extraction, management and analysisin a more efficient, or even automatic way, but also have the potential to realize the understanding ofmassive scientific data, so as to discover new laws and trends. The big model can not only help scientistsbetter understand the data, but also provide a more comprehensive and in-depth perspective for scientificresearch. At the same time, it can also be applied to a variety of related scenarios, to help scientistsfind errors and defects in the data or results, thereby improving the reliability and repeatability ofscientific research. Of course, with the wide application of AI technology, it also brings some challenges.For libraries, research-oriented services will become more academic and technical. In addition toinfrastructure, construction of research communication environment and data support services, they willintervene more deeply in the research process with AI thinking and digital methods and tools, provide thenecessary support in protecting the privacy and security of data, and avoid data leakage, misuse or ethicalissues.