EPISODE · Jul 17, 2026 · 1H 10M
Episode 80: Intelligentia Artificialis
from Nullius in Verba · host Smriti Mehta and Daniël Lakens
After a short break due to busy calendars, we are back to discuss the role automation and artificial intelligence can play in science. Is AI evil, or does it just amplify the problems that were already present in science? Can automated AI driven checks help scientists to improve the way they work? If so, where are these tools helpful, and when? Enjoy. The Babbage quote is from Babbage in November 1839, recalling events in 1821; quoted in Harry Wilmot Buxton and Anthony Hyman (1988), Memoir of the Life and Labours of the Late Charles Babbage. Alfred Whitehead: An Introduction to Mathematics (1911) Blog about AI references: Evaluating Dr. Cuddy’s Claim that the Debunking of Power Posing is a Myth. https://daniellakens.blogspot.com/2026/05/evaluating-dr-cuddys-claim-that.html Metacheck: DeBruine L, Mesquida C, Werner J, Lakens D (2026). metacheck: Check Research Outputs for Best Practices. doi:10.5281/zenodo.20704754, R package version 0.1.0, https://scienceverse.org/metacheck Cummins, J., Clarke, B., Hussey, I., & Elson, M. (2026). RegCheck: A tool for structured comparisons between study registrations and papers (arXiv:2601.13330). arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2601.13330
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After a short break due to busy calendars, we are back to discuss the role automation and artificial intelligence can play in science. Is AI evil, or does it just amplify the problems that were already present in science? Can automated AI driven checks help scientists to improve the way they work? If so, where are these tools helpful, and when? Enjoy. The Babbage quote is from Babbage in November 1839, recalling events in 1821; quoted in Harry Wilmot Buxton and Anthony Hyman (1988), Memoir of the Life and Labours of the Late Charles Babbage. Alfred Whitehead: An Introduction to Mathematics (1911) Blog about AI references: Evaluating Dr. Cuddy’s Claim that the Debunking of Power Posing is a Myth. https://daniellakens.blogspot.com/2026/05/evaluating-dr-cuddys-claim-that.html Metacheck: DeBruine L, Mesquida C, Werner J, Lakens D (2026). metacheck: Check Research Outputs for Best Practices. doi:10.5281/zenodo.20704754, R package version 0.1.0, https://scienceverse.org/metacheck Cummins, J., Clarke, B., Hussey, I., & Elson, M. (2026). RegCheck: A tool for structured comparisons between study registrations and papers (arXiv:2601.13330). arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2601.13330
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