2024 ASM Conference for Undergraduate Educators

Growth in the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in postsecondary learning environments has resulted in a concomitant increase in conversations about the role of AI in teaching and the relevance of AI to students’ academic/professional development. To approach these conversations within the biology curriculum at our institution, we developed a series of “AI Scientist Spotlight” exercises designed to highlight the work of counterstereotypical scholars employing artificial intelligence technologies in a diversity of contexts (e.g., healthcare). Importantly, these spotlights also provide students with an opportunity to reflect on the potential role of AI in their own future careers. In this interactive session, we will introduce attendees to the spotlights that we have created, engage in conversation around their utility in meeting the above-mentioned goals, and brainstorm strategies for how attendees might implement similar spotlight exercises at their own institutions.