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, […]