1.0Digital Sciencehttps://www.digital-science.comDavid Ellishttps://www.digital-science.com/blog/author/d-ellisdigital-science-com/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="xLbvIxiPXp"><a href="https://www.digital-science.com/blog/2023/07/dr-jessica-miles-from-michael-faraday-to-microbiology-to-ai-beyond/">Dr Jessica Miles: From Michael Faraday to microbiology to AI and beyond</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.digital-science.com/blog/2023/07/dr-jessica-miles-from-michael-faraday-to-microbiology-to-ai-beyond/embed/#?secret=xLbvIxiPXp" width="600" height="338" title="“Dr Jessica Miles: From Michael Faraday to microbiology to AI and beyond” — Digital Science" data-secret="xLbvIxiPXp" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://www.digital-science.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/jessica-science-fair-and-today-2.jpg1093665This is the story of how a school science fair inspired a passion for science communication, a PhD in microbiology, and a valuable perspective on the current AI debate. Dr Jessica Miles recently participated in the SSP2023 panel on AI and the Integrity of Scholarly Publishing, the writeup from which has just been published on the Scholarly Kitchen. I caught up with Jessica to chat about how she came to be on the panel, her background in microbiology, and her thoughts on the future of scholarly publishing in an AI world. I got a Barack Obama impression for free 😊