PIDfest 26

It’s impossible to escape generative AI (genAI) in the modern research landscape; in fact, some of the very abstracts in the program may have been written by it! But for every time-saving benefit it has brought us, it has also exacerbated existing problems in publishing, like overburdening reproducibility mechanisms and boosting paper mills and fraud, as well as introducing new problems like publishing hallucinations and misinformation because authors might simply not have read what AI has produced before submitting.

Thankfully, a good solution framework already exists: persistent identifiers! Come join us, the Knowledge Exchange PIDs4AI working group – a collaboration of six European research infrastructure providers and research supporting organisations – and learn how PIDs could address the proliferation of genAI outputs and their opaque provenance with a value based approach that focuses on: transparency over detection, infrastructure over policy, normalisation over stigma, evolution over perfection and coordination over fragmentation.

The PIDs4AI group at Knowledge Exchange believes PIDs are the solution for addressing AI-slop. We presented our vision in a previous session but we’ve hardly got all the answers. It’s time for you to step into the arena and help us figure out how to wrangle this horse! Join us for a quick recap of our presentation (for those of you who couldn’t make it) followed by a debate over the most controversial parts of AI and how we can use PIDs to mitigate the stampede it’s currently running through the research landscape. We want to hear your opinions and build a coalition of PID-enthusiasts whether you’re a junior rider or seasoned champion!