"I think [AI tools] can be  helpful in so many ways for every step of the research, but maybe not for [the original] idea [you are exploring]. I don't think an AI tool can be very useful for that because an idea, it's something human really. You're wondering where you come from, for instance. You know, we are made of atoms that come from stars. And then we would like to know how this works. And it's not a program that is going to tell me like, hey, why don't you wonder where you come from? Why don't you have these philosophical questions? No, I want to have these questions. And then maybe I want AI to help me try to solve the problems." -Vianney Lebouteiller.  

This is the second episode of the AWC Podcast with CNRS researcher at CEA, Vianney Lebouteiller. Topics discussed include how PhD training has changed since COVID, the role of AI in the research process, and, as indicated in the quote above, a little philosophizing about the importance of the human element in the midst of the tools around us. 

Thank you to Martin Kilbinger for our music! 

"There has been research done by Paola Popesso about how difficult it is when you have children and to continue your career as a woman. Her research shows that having to deal with a family is an obstacle for women and not for men. And in the end, it is the toughest women who can maintain both, but it shouldn't be this way. We don't have to be WonderWoman just to be scientists" -Benedetta Franzelli 

This is the second episode of the AWC's podcast, featuring CNRS Researcher Benedetta Franzelli and AWC staff, Michelle Awad and Melissa Thomas. Topics discussed include the challenges women face in science as well as the importance of effective science communication. 

A link to Popesso's work can be found here. 

A transcript to this episode can be found here. 

Thank you to Martin Kilbinger for creating our episode music!  

"We are always concerned about how younger people will be confronted with these artificial intelligence tools. But actually, they adapt very well to these tools. And it's more that older people have difficulties in changing their habits and not being convinced by the positive feedback of these AI models. [...] So there's this new tool and we learn how to use it. We will then tell young people how we think they should use it, and then they will find new ways to make it work." -Nicolas Sabouret 

This is the first episode of the AWC's podcast, featuring AI researcher Nicolas Sabouret and AWC staff, Michelle Awad and Melissa Thomas. Topics discussed include Sabouret's books on demystifying AI to the public, how learning is changing in light of artifical intelligence,  and the role of AI in research and publication. 

Thank you to Martin Kilbinger for creating our episode music!  

If you would like to see a transcript of this conversation, you can find it here.