AI in the Field

Multiple Choice

A climate scientist wants to track how ocean temperatures are changing across the entire Pacific Ocean using thousands of sensors. Why would AI be useful here?

• AI can swim through the ocean to collect temperature readings

• AI can replace the scientists who normally study climate change

• AI makes ocean sensors more accurate than they would be otherwise

• AI can process data from more sensors than a human could simultaneously

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes what AI actually contributed in each of the three science cases?

• AI made the scientific discoveries and published the findings

• AI handled the part of the work that was too large, too fast, or too subtle for humans to do alone

• AI replaced the need for scientists to be in the field

• AI designed the research studies and decided what to investigate

Multiple Choice

An AI tool detects an unusual change in whale call patterns in the North Atlantic. What still needs a human scientist?

• Recording the audio data from the ocean

• Deciding what the change means and whether action should be taken

• Flagging that the pattern is unusual

• Comparing the new data to historical recordings

Open Ended

Think of a science question you're genuinely curious about. Something in nature, space, the ocean, the human body. What part of investigating that question could AI help with? What part would still need a human scientist to answer, and why?