UWEC CERCA 2026

Artificial intelligence (AI) has been a popular and controversial topic over the last couple of years. AI can be very broad, so I chose to focus on the impact of AI in pharmaceutical research. Before sharing my input on AI in the drug development process, I read posts from large companies and scholarly articles to find how AI was assisting researchers, as well as the cost of implementing it. By linking the benefits researchers gain from AI with the technology's real costs, my illustrated article seeks to persuade business leaders to recognize the side of AI that researchers experience firsthand. Overall, my article is written for CFOs or CAOs to demonstrate that, although AI can be costly, it is beneficial in helping researchers develop new drugs more efficiently.