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Can AI Accelerate Technological Progress? Researchers See Promise and Pitfalls in Manufacturing and Materials Science
A study based on 32 interviews with U.S. academic manufacturing and materials researchers found that AI/ML tools primarily accelerate sustaining innovations by enabling faster, cheaper modeling and design space exploration. However, researchers warned of unreliability outside well-documented data ranges and potential suppression of disruptive theoretical advances.
Jun 16, 2026 1 source