Field notes: AI in the lab

​How are researchers actually using AI? Drawing on conversations with heavy AI adopters in labs at Harvard, Stanford, and UChicago, this talk will highlight working strategies. We’ll discuss real use cases from heavy adopters, like agents that handle analysis "no one wants to do" and nightly literature bots. We’ll also cover the mental models super-users employ to adapt to rapid model improvement and what it's like building a science tool at an early-stage startup. Aryan Thakur is part of the founding team at Tuva, an industry lab interested in helping researchers get the most out of AI.

​The talk will last 25-30 minutes + Q&A. All research backgrounds welcome!