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Polling all colleagues and friends! Calling you here to serve up the results of the questionnaire you so kindly responded to about the one, nay\u2014the many, data-slayer: artificial intelligence (AI). (And even more specifically generative AI.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Impetus<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The original impetus for this poll was a panel that I participated in at the Healthcare Internet Conference, first week of November<\/a>. I knew that I was not particularly enamored of current generative AI tools, so I sought input from the many, whose opinions are often a better representation of the public-at-large rather than my own editor-at-medium professions (as in -sions that were professed).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also needed input as most of my own job functions are not those that AI comes in particular use for, but more about that later. Let\u2019s break down the deets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NOTE<\/em><\/strong>: Unless stated otherwise, this blog was written purely by\u2014me\u2014Jennifer Brass Jenkins, and is owned by\u2014me\u2014Jennifer Brass Jenkins. Be assured, however, that no AI was harmed in the making of it.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Questions, Answers, Predictions, & Hypotheses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The poll consisted of 10 questions (I didn\u2019t realize how nicely that number came out). Some Qs asked for more clarity, some asked for demographic information, and most asked for open-ended answers, in order to tap y\u2019all\u2019s hidden genius.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Out of about 80 recipients, I received 39 responses. (YAASSS\u2013WAY TO SHOW UP FOR THE TEAM Y\u2019ALL!!) Though not all answers were required and thus answered by all respondents, all questions had at least 30 respondents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first questions were basic:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Do you use AI in your work?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. If so, how often?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    Fig 1: Pie chart showing the percentage of users who use AI tools in their current work (71.8%) vs. those who do not (28.2%).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Fig 2: Pie chart showing how often those who use generative AI apply it with answer choices of daily, weekly, monthly, as needed, and a must-I option. (Note that two people chose \u201cDo I really have to?\u201d, which was one of my favorite answers.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Out of the 39, 72% said they use generative AI in their current work. Of those, 18.8% said they use it daily. I\u2019mma\u2019 go out on a limb here and say that I think our web developers probably use it the most, aka daily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Read this pithy commentary by our lead developer on how he uses and values AI. (TL;DR: He loves it and uses it for troubleshooting and ideation at work and home.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Image 1: Chat screen with lead developer Mark Thomas (at U of U Health) about his experience with new generative AI tools.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    For those who have used it, but perhaps have not incorporated it into their own processes more regularly, I added the answer \u201cas needed\u201d. (It\u2019s hard to work something into your workflow that you don\u2019t regularly need :D.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Prediction<\/strong>: I believe that a year from now, our answers to this poll will not be significantly different. I do think, however, that we will have better incorporated gen AI into our processes.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

    AI Use at U of U Health<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    The next question focused on AI at our institution. The question about where AI is being used allowed users to add any reply. There were three main categories into which the answers could be classed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. Generative AI tool use specifically<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Institution services\/department references (some more specific than others)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. I dunno\u2019 responses<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      With 34 responses, here are the cited uses of AI that our respondents are aware of at U of U Health:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Generative AI<\/h4>\n\n\n\n