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* 2026-01: [https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09922-y Artificial intelligence tools expand scientists’ impact but contract science’s focus]
 
* 2026-01: [https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09922-y Artificial intelligence tools expand scientists’ impact but contract science’s focus]
 
* 2026-01: [https://www.anthropic.com/news/accelerating-scientific-research How scientists are using Claude to accelerate research and discovery]
 
* 2026-01: [https://www.anthropic.com/news/accelerating-scientific-research How scientists are using Claude to accelerate research and discovery]
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* 2026-02: [https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.03837 Accelerating Scientific Research with Gemini: Case Studies and Common Techniques]
  
 
===Medical===
 
===Medical===
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* 2025-05: [https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.241776 Generalization bias in large language model summarization of scientific research]
 
* 2025-05: [https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.241776 Generalization bias in large language model summarization of scientific research]
  
==AI lowers human productivity==
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==AI lowers human capability==
 
* 2025-07: METR: [https://metr.org/Early_2025_AI_Experienced_OS_Devs_Study.pdf Measuring the Impact of Early-2025 AI on Experienced Open-Source Developer Productivity] ([https://metr.org/blog/2025-07-10-early-2025-ai-experienced-os-dev-study/ blog], [https://secondthoughts.ai/p/ai-coding-slowdown commentary/analysis])
 
* 2025-07: METR: [https://metr.org/Early_2025_AI_Experienced_OS_Devs_Study.pdf Measuring the Impact of Early-2025 AI on Experienced Open-Source Developer Productivity] ([https://metr.org/blog/2025-07-10-early-2025-ai-experienced-os-dev-study/ blog], [https://secondthoughts.ai/p/ai-coding-slowdown commentary/analysis])
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* 2026-02: [https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6097646 Thinking—Fast, Slow, and Artificial: How AI is Reshaping Human Reasoning and the Rise of Cognitive Surrender]
  
 
==Human Perceptions of AI==
 
==Human Perceptions of AI==
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* 2024-11: [https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-76900-1 AI-generated poetry is indistinguishable from human-written poetry and is rated more favorably]
 
* 2024-11: [https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-76900-1 AI-generated poetry is indistinguishable from human-written poetry and is rated more favorably]
 
* 2025-09: [https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.25601 Echoes of Humanity: Exploring the Perceived Humanness of AI Music]
 
* 2025-09: [https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.25601 Echoes of Humanity: Exploring the Perceived Humanness of AI Music]
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'''Imagery'''
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* 2026-02: [https://bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bjop.70063 Too good to be true: Synthetic AI faces are more average than real faces and super-recognizers know it]
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** [https://www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/2026/02/humans-overconfident-telling-AI-faces-real-faces-people-fake People are overconfident about spotting AI faces, study finds]
  
 
=Uptake=
 
=Uptake=
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* 2025-07: Pew Research: [https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/06/25/34-of-us-adults-have-used-chatgpt-about-double-the-share-in-2023/ 34% of U.S. adults have used ChatGPT, about double the share in 2023]
 
* 2025-07: Pew Research: [https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/06/25/34-of-us-adults-have-used-chatgpt-about-double-the-share-in-2023/ 34% of U.S. adults have used ChatGPT, about double the share in 2023]
 
* 2025-12: Epoch AI: [https://epoch.ai/data/polling Polling on AI Usage]
 
* 2025-12: Epoch AI: [https://epoch.ai/data/polling Polling on AI Usage]
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==Usage By==
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* 2026-02: [https://www.nber.org/papers/w34813 The Politics of AI]
  
 
==Usage For==
 
==Usage For==
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===Counter loneliness===
 
===Counter loneliness===
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* 2023-11: [https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.10599 Chatbots as social companions: How people perceive consciousness, human likeness, and social health benefits in machines]
 
* 2024-07: [https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.19096 AI Companions Reduce Loneliness]
 
* 2024-07: [https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.19096 AI Companions Reduce Loneliness]
 
* 2025-03: [https://dam-prod2.media.mit.edu/x/2025/03/21/Randomized_Control_Study_on_Chatbot_Psychosocial_Effect.pdf How AI and Human Behaviors Shape Psychosocial Effects of Chatbot Use: A Longitudinal Controlled Study]
 
* 2025-03: [https://dam-prod2.media.mit.edu/x/2025/03/21/Randomized_Control_Study_on_Chatbot_Psychosocial_Effect.pdf How AI and Human Behaviors Shape Psychosocial Effects of Chatbot Use: A Longitudinal Controlled Study]
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==Skeptical==
 
==Skeptical==
 
* 2025-08: [https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.06950 Large Language Models Do Not Simulate Human Psychology]
 
* 2025-08: [https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.06950 Large Language Models Do Not Simulate Human Psychology]
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* 2026-02: [https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.16130 Replicating Human Motivated Reasoning Studies with LLMs]
  
 
=See Also=
 
=See Also=

Latest revision as of 10:51, 20 February 2026

AI in Education

Survey/study of

AI improves learning/education

AI harms learning

Software/systems

LLMs

Individual tools

Systems

AI for grading

Detection

AI Text Detectors Don't Work

AI/human

Capabilities

Writing

AI out-performs humans

Tests

Creativity

Art

Business & Marketing

Professions

  • Humanity's Last Exam
    • Effort to build a dataset of challenging (but resolvable) questions in specific domain areas, to act as a benchmark to test whether AIs are improving in these challenging topics.

Coding

Medical

Bio

Therapy

Financial

HR

AI improves human work

Coding

Forecasting

Finance

Law

Science

Medical

Translation

Customer service

  • 2023-11: Generative AI at Work: Improvements for workers and clients (though also a ceiling to improvement)

Creativity

Equity

AI worse than humans

AI lowers human capability

Human Perceptions of AI

AI passes Turing Test

Text Dialog

Art

Imagery

Uptake

Usage By

Usage For

Hiding Usage

Societal Effects/Transformations

Psychological Impact

Human Sentiment towards AI

AI Persuasion of Humans

(AI can update beliefs, change opinions, tackle conspiracy theories, etc.)

AI Effects on Human Psychology

Human well-being

Counter loneliness

Human mental abilities (creativity, learning)

Simulate Humans

Sociology

Theory of Mind

Humanlike Vibes

Skeptical

See Also