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The Index

What the evidence says.What the public feels.

Ranks distinct AI gain and problem claims from the published record. Scores reward impact, independent source strength, scale, confidence, and recency.

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AI gains · 787

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GainScience· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Automated vision system SolenopsisDetector can localize fire ants and classify Solenopsis species from images, with whole-body detection reaching high mAP and thorax/abdomen crops improving classification accuracy.

Researchers built SolenopsisDetector to automate identification of Solenopsis fire ants, which currently depends on taxonomic expertise. Using 8,300 images, they compared whole-body versus segment-based strategies, training YOLO detectors to localize ants and body parts and then classifying with ResNet, MobileNet and InceptionV3.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%92

Updated Aug 5, 2026 · TRV-2026-0654

68
GainHealth· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

AI-assisted interpretation using Queen of Hearts software improved STEMI diagnostic accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, and interrater agreement among certified physician assistants interpreting 12-lead ECGs.

In a prospective randomized crossover study at Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center, 21 certified physician assistants interpreted 50 de-identified 12-lead ECGs with and without Queen of Hearts AI software by PMcardio. Diagnostic accuracy rose from 79.0% to 92.9% with AI, with sensitivity 95.4% versus 82.5% and specificity 90.5% versus 75.6%, and interrater agreement improved from kappa 0.58 to 0.86.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%92

Updated Aug 5, 2026 · TRV-2026-0651

68
GainHealth· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

A StepCox plus Random Survival Forest framework built a ferroptosis- and lipid metabolism-related RiskScore that independently predicted overall survival in TCGA-COAD and GSE39582 colorectal cancer cohorts, and identified CRY2 as a regulator whose knockdown inhibited proliferation and suppressed xenograft growth.

On 2026-08-04, a peer-reviewed study reported development of a ferroptosis- and lipid metabolism-related prognostic signature for colorectal cancer using transcriptomic data from TCGA-COAD and GSE39582, WGCNA, and a machine learning pipeline of forward stepwise Cox regression combined with Random Survival Forest. The RiskScore was an independent predictor of overall survival and stratified immune features, and CRY2 emerged as a key signature gene validated by knockdown experiments.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%92

Updated Aug 5, 2026 · TRV-2026-0650

68
GainHealth· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Projected gain that AI, integrated with telehealth and clinical decision support, could enable earlier identification of distress and more timely, safer triage for regional, rural and remote Australians.

Published 4 August 2026 in Internal Medicine Journal, this peer-reviewed perspective examines rural mental health inequity in Australia and argues AI could help with earlier identification of distress and safer, more timely triage when used with telehealth and clinical decision support.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%92

Updated Aug 5, 2026 · TRV-2026-0649

AI problems · 631

67
ProblemPolicy· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Existing AI development remains monocultural and top-down, with gaps in inclusion and persistent power asymmetries and epistemic justice concerns.

On 2026-07-02, a peer-reviewed paper in AI & SOCIETY introduced Value-Sensitive Citizen Science (VSCS), a framework that combines Value-Sensitive Design with citizen science to involve community members as co-researchers in AI development. It uses the Participatory Value-Cognition Taxonomy and extended scenario reasoning to translate local values into technical requirements and embeds governance for lifecycle oversight.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%89

Updated Jul 17, 2026 · TRV-2026-0253

67
ProblemScience· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Machine learning models for biomolecular recognition do not inherently enforce thermodynamic consistency and may produce configurations that are not physically realizable.

Published July 17, 2026, this perspective argues that quantitative prediction of biomolecular recognition requires moving beyond static structures to ensemble-based thermodynamic and kinetic observables. It reviews physics-based sampling under approximate Hamiltonians and modern machine learning models that learn from structural and bioactivity data.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%89

Updated Jul 17, 2026 · TRV-2026-0244

67
ProblemScience· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

MLFFs still face challenges in computational efficiency and scale, accuracy and generalization, data requirements, interpretability, and physical constraints when applied to inorganic crystalline materials.

On 2026-07-17, a review in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics summarized machine learning force fields for inorganic crystalline materials, describing how they combine first-principles accuracy with classical force-field efficiency to enable atomic-level studies across structural prediction, physical properties, defects and interfaces, and phase transitions.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%89

Updated Jul 17, 2026 · TRV-2026-0243

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ProblemScience· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Existing literature on AI-human decision-making was fragmented and lacked integrative frameworks to explain how AI-human dynamics and decision typologies shape outcomes despite increasingly intricate human-AI interplay.

On 2026-04-03, a peer-reviewed article reported a systematic review and bibliometric analysis of 627 articles on human-AI decision-making. The authors identified two critical dimensions, AI-human dynamics and decision typologies, and proposed a novel conceptual framework comprising four paradigms: adaptive intuitive, programmed algorithmic, interpretive analytical, and integrative hybrid decision-making.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%88

Updated Jul 15, 2026 · TRV-2026-0226

Recomputed live from the record · Sep 15, 2026, 9:54 AM