UK Creativity Researchers’ Annual Conference

A key element of this project is connecting with different disciplines to learn from and integrate the latest in experimental testing and AI training designs. One of the best ways to do this is through conferences, symposia, and workshops. 

Panel Discussion: The implications of AI for the science and research ecosystem

Our team had the privilege of hosting this year’s featured panel session for the UKCR conference. We explored the question, How is AI impacting the science and research ecosystem? We discuss the pragmatics, philosophy, business, and governance of science in the age of AI plurality. In 2025, the UK prioritized their AI blueprint to become a “global leader in AI”. However, there are practical and technical challenges to address before society has fully-fledged autonomous ‘AI scientists’. Nevertheless, public and private R&D funders are making significant investments both to diffuse and adopt AI technologies, and to solve technical challenges, in the direction of a more heavily AI-mediated science. AI is rapidly transforming how research is conducted, influencing everything from hypothesis generation, to data analysis, to long-term strategic planning. This is challenging serious questions about what it even means to become “more scientific”.

Our panel discussed these topics, sparked by the following questions:

• Can critical thinking survive human–AI interaction, or does AI gradually shift us from thinking to merely selecting and approving machine-generated answers?
• What are the opportunities and risks of using AI in the creative field?
• Do we actually value creativity as much as we think we do?

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