AI-generated image of a robot and a woman in a lab coat reading together in a library. Quote text: "There is a difference between a tool fixing your subject-verb agreement and a tool telling you why a grant applicant is proposing an impactful problem.”

Academic AI and Audience: Thoughts for Research 

Would you use AI to create materials for a tenure portfolio? How about a reference letter for a student’s graduate school application? For a conference? If so, what would you do with it? As faculty consider the risks and benefits of AI use, one area to think about is the…