Quantifying the use and potential benefits of artificial intelligence in scientific research

Quantifying the use and potential benefits of artificial intelligence in scientific research

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Article Jian Gao & Dashun Wang Nature Human Behaviour (2024) Cite this article Metrics Abstract The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to reshape almost every line of work. Despite enormous efforts devoted to understanding AI’s economic impacts, we lack a systematic understanding of the benefits to scientific research associated with the use of AI. Here we develop a measurement framework to estimate the direct use of AI and associated benefits in science. We find that the use and benefits of AI appear widespread throughout the sciences, growing especially rapidly since 2015. However, there is a substantial gap between AI education and its application in research, highlighting a misalignment between AI expertise supply and demand. Our analysis also reveals demographic disparities, with disciplines with higher proportions of […]

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