Phys.org October 11, 2024
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. Researchers at the Northwestern University developed a measurement framework found that the use and benefits of AI appeared 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. Their analysis revealed demographic disparities, with disciplines with higher proportions of women or Black scientists reaping fewer benefits from AI, potentially exacerbating existing inequalities in science. According to the researchers these findings have implications for the equity and sustainability of the research enterprise, especially as the integration of AI with science continues to deepen… read more. TECHNICAL ARTICLE
Measuring the potential benefits of AI and discipline heterogeneity. Credit: Nature Human Behaviour, 11 October 2024