- NATURE INDEX
- 12 October 2022
By filtering across the disciplinary spectrum, the fields continue to hit new heights.
It may not be unusual for burgeoning areas of science, especially those related to rapid technological changes in society, to take off quickly, but even by these standards the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has been impressive. Together with robotics, AI is representing an increasingly significant portion of research volume at various levels, as these charts show.
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Nature 610, S9 (2022)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-03210-9
This article is part of Nature Index 2022 AI and robotics, an editorially independent supplement. Advertisers have no influence over the content.