China and the U.S. produce more impactful AI research when collaborating together

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2304.11123v1
• Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2023 16:47:51 GMT
• Title: China and the U.S. produce more impactful AI research when collaborating together
• Authors: Bedoor AlShebli, Shahan Ali Memon, James A. Evans, Talal Rahwan
• Abstract summary: We analyze a dataset of over 350,000 AI scientists and 5,000,000 AI papers. We find that since the year 2000, China and the U.S. have been leading the field in terms of impact, novelty, productivity, and workforce.
• Score: 5.227075179857056
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
• Abstract: Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a disruptive technology, promising to grant a significant economic and strategic advantage to the nations that harness its power. China, with its recent push towards AI adoption, is challenging the U.S.'s position as the global leader in this field. Given AI's massive potential, as well as the fierce geopolitical tensions between the two nations, a number of policies have been put in place that discourage AI scientists from migrating to, or collaborating with, the other country. However, the extents of such brain drain and cross-border collaboration are not fully understood. Here, we analyze a dataset of over 350,000 AI scientists and 5,000,000 AI papers. We find that, since the year 2000, China and the U.S. have been leading the field in terms of impact, novelty, productivity, and workforce. Most AI scientists who migrate to China come from the U.S., and most who migrate to the U.S. come from China, highlighting a notable brain drain in both directions. Upon migrating from one country to the other, scientists continue to collaborate frequently with the origin country. Although the number of collaborations between the two countries has been increasing since the dawn of the millennium, such collaborations continue to be relatively rare. A matching experiment reveals that the two countries have always been more impactful when collaborating than when each of them works without the other. These findings suggest that instead of suppressing cross-border migration and collaboration between the two nations, the field could benefit from promoting such activities.

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