Love at First Byte
  • The Workshop
  • AI Toolkit
  • Challenges
NAPS · AI for Academia · 2026

Love at First Byte

A hands-on workshop on using AI in pain science and academia — because in the era of AI, answers have become cheap, and it’s judgment that is expensive.

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“In the era of AI, answers have become cheap. It’s judgment that is expensive.” — Santiago Schnell, Provost, Dartmouth College

What you’ll do

Two timed, collaborative AI challenges. You bring the research questions, AI brings the speed, and the room supplies the judgment.

🗺️ The Format

A 90-minute arc: a brief intro, then two timed challenges you tackle with your table. See the schedule and how each one works.

🧰 The AI Toolkit

The best free tools for beginners (chat apps) and for power users (Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI) — with setup links.

⚡ The Challenges

From rescuing an unreadable figure to drafting a rebuttal to auditing your own grant — choose where to start.

90
minutes
2
collaborative challenges
16
challenges to choose from
$0
free tools, no subscription

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Love at First Byte · NAPS · AI for Academia 2026

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