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AI could make scientists do more work less well, not less work better, study argues

23 August 2026 at 09:01

A conveyor belt carrying research documents past laboratory equipment symbolizes the AI-driven flood of scientific publications.

Even if language models worked perfectly, they could make research worse, not better. A new theoretical study argues that because AI saves time, researchers' remaining hours become more valuable and get funneled into starting new projects instead of improving existing ones. In two out of three modeled scenarios, the quality of individual publications drops.

The article AI could make scientists do more work less well, not less work better, study argues appeared first on The Decoder.

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