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科学中的 AI

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.

02问题

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.

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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.

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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.

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Openness enables checking

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

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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.

03监测

模型登记册。

团队跟踪该主题时会使用的界面:其指标、状态与决策。名称为示例,数值仅作示意。

模型注册库

AI in science · Model registry · Release gate

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模型

M-489 triage assistant公共服务高20 of 24 suites已阻止
M-530 flood nowcast科学中12 / 12已发布
M-079 document search内部低8 of 8已发布
M-881 agent planner智能体式高11 of 16评估中

模型卡

预期用途
分诊辅助,由人决定
不在范围内
资格决定
已知局限
在罕见案例上的准确率较低
负责人
模型所有者

事件日志

  1. D-19INC摘要中出现虚构引用
  2. D-8MIT已增加检索依据
  3. D-3INC通过上传文件的提示注入
  4. D-1MIT工具权限已收窄

Evaluation scores

vs release threshold

Task accuracy81 of 85 required稳健性68 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.示例名称和示意数值;是设计方案,并非记录或实时系统。
04跨领域

AI changes how each domain’s science is done.

05方法与证据

How AI in science is modelled, measured and tested.

模型、其假设、数据和不确定性,以科学家或工程师会核查的形式呈现。结构遵循已发表的方法。所取数值仅为示意,不是研究发现。

模型、方程与假设

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

要素 i 的风险Ri = f(Hi, Ei, Vi, Ci)危害、风险暴露、脆弱性和应对能力
预期年度损失EAL = ∑k pk · Lk对年概率为 pk
耦合系统xt+1 = A xt + B ut + εtA carries the couplings, u the shock, ε the error
假设为何制作如何检验
在一次事件中,危害与暴露相互独立使损失积分保持可计算与基于联合记录拟合的 copula 进行比较
耦合在工作点附近是线性的让冲击通过 A 传播在线性范围之外施加扰动并比较
脆弱性曲线可以在不同地点之间迁移使用很少有本地曲线可用在有观测损失的地方据此进行验证
输入
带溯源信息的版本化数据集
成果
分布,绝不是单一数字
代码
连同模型卡和测试一起发布
复现
相同的数据、代码、环境和随机种子
标准的风险与状态空间表述;所列假设是该方法的典型假设,供审查之用,并非结果。
FAIR 指导原则 · GO FAIR 和 FORCE11W3C PROV · 万维网联盟关于一致处理不确定性的指南 · IPCCCEOS 分析就绪数据 · 地球观测卫星委员会
06指标

衡量什么,以及衡量得如何。

每个指标都注明其单位、频率、背后的来源类型以及数值将附带的证据标签。此处不显示数值:数值由计划依据其自身权限提供。

指标单位节奏来源类型标签
Studies sharing code and datapercent of published ML studies每次审查Publication audits观测
Leakage issues identified in reviewscount by type每次审查Reproducibility studies已报告
Out-of-distribution performanceerror on held-out regimesper evaluation模型评估观测
Emulator error against reference simulationerror metricper evaluationValidation runs观测
Journals with AI use policies计数年度Publisher policies已声明
Compute used for scientific model trainingfloating point operationsper modelModel documentation估算
07来源

证据来自何处。

具名公共数据集与机构记录,各自注明许可类别。依协议获得的来源仅按其条款使用,绝不再次发布。

来源它提供什么许可类别
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 screening开放,CC BY 4.0
Publisher and funder policies on AI useRules on authorship, disclosure and reviewPublic, terms per publisher
08决定

由谁决定,以及证据服务于什么。

人工智能与自主 系统 prepares evidence. The decisions below are taken by the authorities named, under their own rules, and never by the platform.

谁来决定问题本页面服务的证据
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
研究资助方How to fund open models, data and compute for scienceOpenness and compute evidence

该主题产生的产出

  • 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
09核心问题

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?
10机制

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 系统 can fabricate plausible references or data. And when models and data are proprietary, results cannot be checked.

11方法与数据

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 人工智能与机器学习 and high-performance, cloud and edge computing. Constraints reduce but do not remove extrapolation risk.

  3. 03

    Uncertainty estimation

    Ensembles and Bayesian methods from 概率与统计 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.

12方法

如何研究,以及方法无法说明的内容。

  1. 人工智能与机器学习分布偏移分析 · 针对特定用途的微调 · 可解释性方法在此应用
  2. 概率与统计基准分数的不确定性 · 校准评估 · 审计抽样在此应用
  3. 高性能计算、云计算与边缘计算公共研究的算力获取 · 工作负载的能耗测量在此应用
  4. AI 评估与保证工程人工智能系统的保证论证 · 结构化红队测试 · 部署后监测在此应用
13Where this page’s references

Where this page’s references lead.

阅读本页时所对照的机构和文件。状态和版本会变化;每个链接都指向发布机构。

14问题

问题与解答。

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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