James Evans research on AI's impact on scientists' output featured in The Economist
profjamesevans · x · 2026-10-17
Research by University of Chicago's James Evans on how adopting AI into scientific workflows changes what scientists publish was featured in The Economist's exploration of AI's role in research. The work examines AI's structural impact on paper topics, output, and knowledge production—one of the representative studies on how AI reshapes the research profession. Details live in the Economist piece and the underlying research.
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