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Machine learning now predicts protein structures, emulates weather and climate models, screens materials and helps analyse vast datasets. It can speed discovery, and it can also produce results that are hard to reproduce, overfit or rest on data leakage. This page sets out how AI is used in science, where it fails, how its results are checked, and what evidence serves the researchers, funders and journals involved.

02The question

AI in science: how the risk develops.

Discovery and reproducibility. The dossier below sets out how the risk develops, what is measured, where the data come from, how it is modelled and who decides.

Mekanîzma

Learning from data replaces some simulation

Models trained on simulations or observations can emulate expensive calculations quickly. They are reliable within the range of their training data and uncertain outside it.

Mekanîzma

Leakage inflates results

When information from the test set reaches training, through duplicates, time overlap or preprocessing, reported accuracy overstates real performance. Leakage is a known cause of irreproducible ML science.

Mekanîzma

Openness enables checking

Results can be verified only when code, data, models and settings are shared. Proprietary models and data limit independent checks.

Mekanîzma

Scientists stay accountable

AI can suggest hypotheses and draft text, but researchers remain responsible for methods, interpretation and integrity. Journals and funders are setting rules for AI use.

03Çavdêrî bike

Tomara modelan.

The screen a team would use to follow this subject: its measures, states and decisions. Names are examples and values are illustrative.

Tomara modelan

AI in science · Model registry · Release gate

Modelek li derî hat astengkirinGCRI · Zîrekiya çêkirî û pergalên xweser

Model

M-489 triage assistantXizmeta giştîBilind20 of 24 suitesHatiye asteng kirin
M-530 flood nowcastZanistNavîn12 of 12Hatiye weşandin
M-079 document searchNavxweyîKêm8 of 8Hatiye weşandin
M-881 agent plannerAjanîBilind11 of 16Tê nirxandin

Karta modelê

Bikaranîna armanckirî
piştgiriya hilbijartina pêşîniyê, mirov biryarê dide
Li derveyî çarçoveyê
biryarên mafdariyê
Sînorên naskirî
rastbûna kêmtir li ser rewşên kêm
Xwedî
Xwediyê modelê

Têketina bûyeran

  1. D-19INCÇavkaniya xeyalî di kurteyê de
  2. D-8MITBingehkirina vegerandinê hat zêdekirin
  3. D-3INCDerzîya fermanê bi pelê barkirî
  4. D-1MITDestûra amûrê hate teng kirin

Evaluation scores

vs release threshold

Task accuracy81 of 85 requiredRobustness68 of 75 requiredFairness gap (lower is better)3 of 5 requiredRefusal on misuse85 of 95 required
Model registry: the screen’s structure, terms and states for AI in science.Nav û nirxên nimûneyî; sêwiran e, ne qeyd an pergaleke zindî ye.
05Rêbaz û delîl

How AI in science is modelled, measured and tested.

Model, texmînên wî, daneyên wî û nediyariya wî, bi şeweyê ku zanyar an endezyar kontrol bike. Avahî rêbazên weşandî dişopînin. Nirxên hatine xêzkirin nimûneyî ne, ne encam in.

Model, hevkêşe û texmîn

The model structure used for AI in science, the assumptions it makes and how each is tested.

Xetera hêmana iRi = f(Hi, Ei, Vi, Ci)metirsî, rûbirûbûn, lawazî û kapasîteya serederiyê
Windahiya salane ya hêvîkirîEAL = ∑k pk · Lkli ser bûyerên k bi îhtîmala salane pk
Pergalên girêdayîxt+1 = A xt + B ut + εtA carries the couplings, u the shock, ε the error
TexmînÇima tê çêkirinÇawa tê ceribandin
Metirsî û rûbirûbûn di nav bûyerekê de serbixwe neEntegrala windahiyê ji hesabkirinê re maqûl dihêleBi lihevhatineke copula li ser tomarên hevbeş re bidin ber hev
Girêdan li nêzî xala xebatê xêzik inDihêle şok di A de belav bibinJi derveyî rêza xêzik tevlihev bike û bide ber hev
Xêzên lawaziyê di navbera cihan de têne veguhastinXêzikên herêmî kêm tên dîtinLi hember windahiyên çavdêrîkirî erê bike li cihê ku hene
Têketin
danehevên bi guhertoyan û çavkaniyê
Derketin
belavkirin, tu carî jimarên tenê
Kod
bi qerta modelê û ceribandinan re hat weşandin
Zêdebûn
heman dane, kod, jîngeh û tov
Formulasyonên standard ên xetereyê û qada rewşê; texmînên navborî ji bo rêbazê tîpîk in, ji bo nirxandinê hatine diyarkirin, ne encam in.
Prensîbên rêber ên FAIR · GO FAIR û FORCE11W3C PROV · World Wide Web ConsortiumRêwerzên ji bo birêvebirina hevgirtî ya nediyarîyan · IPCCCEOS Analysis Ready Data · Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
06Nîşander

What is measured, and how well.

Each indicator carries its unit, its cadence, the kind of source behind it and the evidence label a value would carry. No values are shown: a programme supplies them under its own authority.

IndicatorUnitCadenceSource typeNîşan
Studies sharing code and datapercent of published ML studiesper reviewPublication auditsÇAVDÊRÎKIRÎ
Leakage issues identified in reviewscount by typeper reviewReproducibility studiesREPORTED
Out-of-distribution performanceerror on held-out regimesper evaluationNirxandina modelêÇAVDÊRÎKIRÎ
Emulator error against reference simulationerror metricper evaluationValidation runsÇAVDÊRÎKIRÎ
Journals with AI use policiescountannualPublisher policiesDECLARED
Compute used for scientific model trainingfloating point operationsper modelModel documentationTEXMÎNKIRÎ
07Çavkanî

Where the evidence comes from.

Named public datasets and institutional records, each with its licence class. Sources by agreement are used only under their terms and never republished.

ÇavkanîWhat it givesLicence class
Protein Data Bank and AlphaFold Protein Structure DatabaseExperimental and predicted protein structuresOpen, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 respectively
WeatherBench and related benchmarksStandard evaluation of data-driven weather modelsOpen, licence per benchmark (to check)
Princeton reproducibility studies on ML-based scienceSurvey of leakage and reproducibility failuresLicence per publication
Materials ProjectComputed materials properties for screeningOpen, CC BY 4.0
Publisher and funder policies on AI useRules on authorship, disclosure and reviewPublic, terms per publisher
08Biryar

Who decides, and what the evidence serves.

Zîrekiya çêkirî û Pergal prepares evidence. The decisions below are taken by the authorities named, under their own rules, and never by the platform.

Kî biryarê dideThe questionEvidence this page serves
Research teamsWhether an ML result is robust enough to publishLeakage checklists; validation protocols
Journals and reviewersWhat evidence to require for ML-based claimsReporting guidance; reproducibility evidence
Research fundersHow to fund open models, data and compute for scienceOpenness and compute evidence

Outputs this topic produces

  • Leakage and reproducibility checklists for ML studies
  • Validation protocols for scientific emulators
  • Guidance on reporting AI use in research
  • Case studies of AI in specific sciences
09Core questions

What scientists ask about AI in research.

  • Does the AI-assisted result hold when tested independently, by experiment or observation?
  • Is the model, data and code available so others can reproduce it?
  • Has data leakage between training and evaluation inflated reported performance?
  • Does the model extrapolate beyond the conditions its training data covered?
10Mechanisms

How discovery and error both scale.

Machine learning finds patterns in large datasets faster than people can, and surrogate models can emulate expensive simulations, allowing many more scenarios to be explored. In fields with good data and clear validation, such as structural biology, the gains have been substantial.

The risks are equally systematic. Leakage between training and test data has produced inflated results across many disciplines. Models trained on past data may not respect physical laws when extrapolating. Generative pergalan can fabricate plausible references or data. And when models and data are proprietary, results cannot be checked.

11Methods and data

Keeping AI-assisted science reproducible.

  1. 01

    Reporting standards

    Checklists covering data splits, leakage checks, baselines and uncertainty. Standards help only if journals and reviewers enforce them.

  2. 02

    Physics-informed and hybrid models

    Combining learned components with known physical constraints, using zîrekiya çêkirî û fêrbûna makîneyê and high-performance, cloud and edge computing. Constraints reduce but do not remove extrapolation risk.

  3. 03

    Uncertainty estimation

    Ensembles and Bayesian methods from îhtîmal û statîstîk to flag predictions the model is unsure of. Uncertainty estimates can themselves be miscalibrated.

  4. 04

    Open artefacts

    Publishing code, data and model weights where rights allow, so others can reproduce and challenge results.

13Where this page’s references

Where this page’s references lead.

Sazî û belgeyên ku ev rûpel li hember wan tê xwendin. Rewş û çap diguherin; her girêdan diçe ba saziya derxistinê.

14Pirs

Pirs û bersiv.

What is data leakage in machine learning?
The unintended use of information from the test data during training or model selection, which makes performance look better than it would be on genuinely new data.
Can AI replace scientific simulation?
AI emulators can approximate simulations quickly within their training range, but they need validation and can fail for conditions they have not seen.
How should AI use in research be reported?
By stating which tools were used, for what, with what settings, and how outputs were checked, following the policies of the journal and funder.
Can AI replace experiments?
No. It can prioritise which experiments to run and emulate some simulations, but claims about the world still need testing against observation or experiment.
What is data leakage?
When information from the test set, or from the future, finds its way into training, so the model appears better than it is. It is one of the most common errors in applied machine learning.
Does the platform review scientific papers?
No. It studies methods and publishes guidance and case studies. Peer review remains with journals and the scientific community.
Are AI-generated hypotheses credited?
The platform’s outputs describe the role AI played in any work, so readers can judge the result; authorship and accountability stay with people.
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