Russian scientists have prepared a “Centaur Manifesto” on the interaction between humans and AI in science

Brief retelling from RIA II

Russian scientists have prepared the “Centaur Manifesto,” which raises the question of the influence of artificial intelligence on science and university education.

The authors of the manifesto see the only way out in the organized collaboration of humans and AI and propose three conditions for this: the nature of interaction with AI must be disclosed, the results must be verified, and responsibility for the research remains with the person.

HSE Vice-Rector Dmitry Zemtsov suggests taking the manifesto as a reason to rethink university policies in the field of using AI and emphasizes the importance of creating a horizontal community of researchers to exchange methods and discuss difficulties.

MOSCOW, October 6 - RIA Novosti. Russian scientists have prepared the “Centaur Manifesto,” which raises the question of how the joint work of humans and artificial intelligence is changing science and university education, the press service of the National Research University Higher School of Economics told RIA Novosti.

“The journal “Higher Education in Russia” published the “Centaur Manifesto”, developed by a research seminar at the Institute of Humanitarian and Social Technologies of the National Research University Higher School of Economics. The manifesto poses the problem of competition between “simple answers”: AI produces them faster than science can obtain sound knowledge, and social phenomena change even before the research is completed,” the message says.

According to the authors, the humanities and social sciences risk losing the initiative in explaining man and society, as well as control over the language of their description. It is noted that the answer to this challenge requires accelerating research without loss of quality. The authors see the only way out in organized collaboration between humans and AI.

Thus, knowledge created by the “human + AI” team should have the same scientific status as that created by humans. The manifesto puts forward three conditions: the nature of the interaction with AI is disclosed, the results are verified, and the researcher accepts responsibility. It remains entirely with the person.

“We propose to take the manifesto as a reason to rethink university policies in the field of using AI. It is important to determine how to assess the independence of a researcher, what to teach students and how to ensure the reliability of knowledge created in collaboration with a machine,” said Dmitry Zemtsov, vice-rector of the Higher School of Economics and director of the Institute of Humanitarian and Social Technologies, whose words are quoted in the message.