Researchers’ attitudes to AI vary significantly across career stage, subject area, and country. While 76% of researchers say they have used some form of AI tool in their research, our survey uncovered unexpected generational differences and polarised opinions on the impact of AI.

We recently conducted a survey of over 2,000 researchers to hear directly from the research community about how they are reacting to and using AI in their work. A statistical cluster analysis identified eight groups illustrating the spectrum of attitudes, from ‘Challengers’ (those fundamentally against AI), through to ‘Pioneers’ (those fully embracing AI). Click on the image below to learn more about these profiles.
 

Featured image by Cash Macanaya on Unsplash.

Jessamine Hopkins, Tamsin Chamberlain, and Laura Richards work at Oxford University Press