Scientific Research in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

You should probably be thrilled to be alive these days. Every week brilliant researchers present new breakthroughs in scientific papers that extend our understanding of who we are (groundbreaking accuracy of CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing), how the universe began (the recent discovery of gravitational waves), and what computers can learn (phenomenal advances in deep-learning techniques). Yet, as a regular consumer of scientific research, I'm frustrated that the current knowledge comes in puzzle pieces: a research paper presented in a conference here and another recommended by a friend there. Existing tools aren't particularly helpful when it comes to solving this problem. Finding relevant academic studies can take days, sometimes even weeks as Google Scholar, Microsoft Academic, and other existing tools give millions of results, the vast majority of which are not valuable to your search.