Professor Lifshitz-Assaf traced how technological changes impact the process of scientific and technological innovation and knowledge work. She walked us through the research frontier on AI augmentation in multiple industries, from lone inventors to industrial laboratories, collaborative networks, and distributed systems, open to automated and AI-augmented solutions.

She showed how research and innovation can be both rigorous and relevant by introducing participants to Pasteur’s Quadrant She discussed the responsible use of AI, emphasizing the distinction between AI as an augmentation and AI as an automation.