Anthropic Report: AI Could Boost Research Output Up to 15x, Physical Experiments Remain Bottleneck

Anthropic analyzed 207,049 research-related Claude conversations and a survey of 528 scientists, finding that AI-automating all non-physical research work could boost output up to 15-16x in cognitive fields like computer science, while physical experiments remain the bottleneck.

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