Don't try to use AIs as omniscient oracles. Use them to replace grad students / interns. In other words, AIs are useful when you can confidently evaluate thei

Don't try to use AIs as omniscient oracles. Use them to replace grad students / interns. In other words, AIs are useful when you can confidently evaluate their output for correctness. Note that this also applies in novel scenarios, such as new scientific discovery. It's often much more difficult to come up with an answer than it is to verify it. As a random example, modern AIs are very good at image recognition tasks, which would make them ideally suited for finding rare phenomena in all-sky surveys. The AI doesn't need to write the research paper! It can be valuable if it can just find candidates for detailed evaluation by human researchers. Similarly, I've found AIs are quite good at spotting errors and inconsistencies. Don't make it write the paper... just ask it to proofread it for you. Etc...