Survey by Elsevier
More and more researchers using AI
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According to a survey conducted by the scientific publisher Elsevier, approximately 58 per cent of scientists now use AI, compared to 34 per cent last year. A total of 3,200 researchers worldwide participated in the survey, including 87 from the Netherlands.
Most of them (61 per cent) use AI primarily to track down recent research. They also find AI tools useful when collecting and summarising literature (51 per cent) or preparing grant applications (41 per cent). They prefer to do more creative tasks, such as devising research questions, themselves.
Trust
Not all scientists trust AI. Scientists are particularly critical of it in North America and Europe, where only a quarter of respondents expect AI to improve the quality of their research and teaching.
However, they do believe that AI can save them time: worldwide, around 58 per cent of those surveyed say they are already noticing this advantage.
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