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

The DecoderAugust 23, 2026en

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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