Welcome to another episode of the DeSci Podcast! Today, we had the privilege of having Martin Karlsson as our special guest. Martin is the CEO of Lateral, an innovative web app designed for scientists, enabling them to read, find, share, and organize their research seamlessly in a single platform for enhanced efficiency.

In this episode, we delve into a wide range of intriguing topics. Martin shares insights on Lateral's AI tools and the best way to effectively utilize these tools. We also dive into the future of research, gaining profound insights into the untapped potential within the field.

We then explored the cutting-edge capabilities of AI, the importance of retaining human agency in the research process, and the need to ensure the transfer of knowledge across generations.

Feel free to navigate through any of the topics discussed in the Podcast using the timestamps below.

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⭐ Timestamps:

0:48 Intro

1:26 About Lateral

2:35 Best way to utilize Lateral AI tools

3:40 Key takeaways from building Lateral

06:09 What drove your interest in DeSci

07:47 The Future of Research

11:03 Underexploited areas in DeSci

12:50 Managing differing opinions in DeSci

14:22 Limits of outsourcing research

16:00 Retaining human agency in the research process

20:36 What key areas would you develop if Lateral secured more funding?

21:53 Challenges of running Lateral

25:05 What are you skeptical about?

26:28 Valuable tacit knowledge about Desci

30:55 Learnings from past experiences

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If you want to join us on the show as a speaker or have guest ideas, please shoot us a mail at podcast@molecule.to

Special thanks to:

Lea Degen (host): https://twitter.com/lealeata

Martin: https://twitter.com/jmartink

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