Papers and patents are becoming less disruptive over time

By Michael Park, E. Leahey, Russell J. Funk. Nature, 2023

686 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Management Science and Operations Research, Statistics and Probability

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• The future landscape of large language models in medicine (2023, methodology): “It is conceivable that such next-generation LLMs could help counteract the trend toward less disruptive research 49 if employed as scienti fi c tools.”
• Artificial intelligence and illusions of understanding in scientific research (2024, neutral): “Given evidence that increased publications stag-nate the generation of new ideas 179,180 , considering the epistemic risks of AI provides us with an opportunity to reflect on whether this level of productivity—one demanded by academic and publishing institutions—is one that researchers desire and…”