Study argues AI could make scientists produce more work of lower quality
The Decoder · rss · 2026-08-23
A new theoretical study suggests that even if language models work perfectly, they could worsen scientific research. Because AI saves time, researchers' remaining hours become more valuable and are funneled into starting new projects instead of improving existing ones. In two out of three modeled scenarios, the quality of individual publications drops.
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