Generative AI as a Second Mind: Scientific Discovery, Cellular Proliferation, and the Brazilian University Context
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This paper discusses Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) as a possible “second mind” in scientific discovery. Rather than approaching GenAI only as a tool for automation, search, or textual production, the article frames it as a cognitive partner capable of supporting the formulation of better questions, the refinement of hypotheses, and the construction of interdisciplinary bridges. The discussion is grounded in Richard Mayer’s cognitive architecture, especially the role of sensory memory, working memory, long-term memory, and the active construction of knowledge. From this background, the paper distinguishes between GenAI as cognitive amplification for experienced researchers and GenAI as cognitive outsourcing when used without sufficient conceptual, methodological, or epistemological maturity. The argument is illustrated through the author’s work on Infinite Series with Multiple Ratios (SRMs), particularly the computational biology study on cellular proliferation later presented at ICTIS 2025 and published as a Springer Nature book chapter. Finally, the article situates this discussion within the Brazilian university context, arguing that institutional debates on GenAI must go beyond regulation, ethics, and pedagogical risk to also recognize its potential role in advanced scientific production. GenAI as a second mind should not be understood as an intelligence that thinks in place of the researcher, but as a generative instance capable of transforming human intuitions into cognitive artifacts that feed back into, expand, and refine human thought itself.
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