PhD in Philosophy

Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have fuelled the idea of building “AI scientists”, i.e., systems that can perform part or all of the research process on their own.

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The development of such agents raises important questions about the level of autonomy that AI system can or should be given in the research process.

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The goal of this fully funded PhD project is to develop a novel framework of autonomy in AI-driven science that can help address these important epistemological and ethical questions.

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The position forms part of the ERAs project, which aims to develop the tools required for assessing the error-reasoning ability of AI systems and to thereby foster the careful and effective introduction of AI agents into the research process.

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The PhD candidate will be based at the Egenis Centre for the Study of the Life Sciences in Exeter.