Artificial Intelligence for Researchers (Michael D. Murray - Artificial Intelligence Series)

AI is rewriting what's possible in research. Are your methods keeping up?The AI tools are here, they are powerful, and they are changing what a single researcher can accomplish. But there is a vast difference between dabbling with a chatbot and building AI into your research the right way. Artificial Intelligence for Researchers is a rigorous yet welcoming guide that puts today's generative and agentic AI to work in service of serious research and scholarship. It is a clear, practical guide for the working researcher who wants real results without sacrificing rigor.In this hands-on guide, you will learn to:Choose the right tool for the task: Cut through the noise to match generative and agentic AI tools to the actual work of research—literature reviews, data analysis, drafting, and more.Master verification and "ground truth": Anchor AI outputs in real sources, catch hallucinated citations and subtle reasoning failures, and protect the integrity of everything you publish.Build and deploy agents and agentic workflows: Move beyond one-off prompts to autonomous agents that can plan and carry out multi-step research and writing tasks on your behalf.Learn durable best practices: Adopt habits of transparency, documentation, and responsible use that will outlast any single product release.Whether you are an undergraduate writing your first serious paper, a graduate student deep in a dissertation, or a principal investigator running a lab, this book gives you the judgment to make AI a capable partner rather than a black box.The author, Michael D. Murray, is a University Research Professor and Spears Gilbert Professor of Law at the University of Kentucky, where he leads the Artificial Intelligence and the Law Project, a forward-looking initiative exploring the collision of emerging technology and scholarship. A prolific scholar with 28 books and 40 law review articles to his name, he writes at the crossroads of research, innovation, and visual communication. Professor Murray has taught at the University of Michigan and the University of Illinois, and internationally in Shanghai, Florence, and Cambridge. He holds degrees from Columbia Law School (Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar), Loyola University Maryland (summa cum laude), and Fudan University in Shanghai. He is the author of Artificial Intelligence and the Practice of Law (2026).Do better research, faster. Order your copy today. Read more