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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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GainEducation· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Generative AI tools can supplement instructor feedback on science writing assignments, providing students an additional opportunity for critique and revision.

Published August 3, 2026, the peer-reviewed article presents a rubric designed to help instructors evaluate generative AI feedback on student writing assignments. The rubric assesses five dimensions and is illustrated with comparative data from multiple GenAI models applied to student work in a science writing course.

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

Updated Aug 4, 2026 · TRV-2026-0642

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

Logistic regression achieved comparable discrimination to 14 machine learning algorithms for 28-day mortality prediction in young adults with acute poisoning and enabled a clinically usable nomogram for early risk stratification.

A multicenter study of 556 young adults with acute poisoning compared 14 machine learning algorithms to traditional logistic regression for predicting 28-day mortality. Using six LASSO-selected factors including herbicide poisoning, white blood cell count and shock, logistic regression matched the best machine learning model on discrimination and calibration, leading authors to build a nomogram for early risk stratification.

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

Updated Aug 4, 2026 · TRV-2026-0641

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

AI models for CT, MRI, and ultrasound diagnosis of urological cancers achieved higher pooled specificity and AUC than clinicians in a 110-study meta-analysis.

A meta-analysis of 110 studies up to June 2026 evaluated AI algorithms for diagnosing urological cancers on CT, MRI, and ultrasound, pooling sensitivity, specificity, and AUC and comparing to clinician performance where reported.

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

Updated Aug 4, 2026 · TRV-2026-0640

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

An ensemble Stacking model using baseline clinical, neurological, and MRI features predicted one-year AIS grade and motor/independence scores in TCSCI patients with high discrimination and low error on external testing.

By August 2026, researchers had developed and externally validated a two-layer Stacking ensemble that integrates baseline clinical data, neurological assessments, and cervical MRI features to predict one-year outcomes after traumatic cervical spinal cord injury. In 340 patients analyzed, the model predicted AIS grade with AUC 0.85 and predicted continuous motor and independence scores with R8 above 0.986.

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

Updated Aug 4, 2026 · TRV-2026-0639

AI problems · 631

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ProblemLabor· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

AI adoption is associated with restructuring of work roles and widening wage gaps between AI-skilled and non-AI-skilled workers.

A peer-reviewed study published April 17, 2026 reviewed literature from 2020 to 2025 on AI in the labour market, examining changes in job roles, skill requirements, and HR practices through technological, organisational, and institutional lenses.

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

Updated Jul 13, 2026 · TRV-2026-0196

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

AI-driven automation that substitutes for routine tasks reduces demand and wages for low-skilled workers, causing absolute welfare losses for workers below a critical ability threshold and widening income inequality.

On 2026-04-02, a peer-reviewed paper presented a general equilibrium model of AI-driven automation with heterogeneous workers and irreversible skill investments. It finds automation reduces demand and wages for low-skilled workers in routine tasks while enhancing productivity where AI complements high-skilled labor, leading to higher aggregate output and total welfare but a higher skill premium and wider inequality.

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

Updated Jul 13, 2026 · TRV-2026-0195

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

Generative AI now mediating core parts of learning risks crossing into manipulation and deception and accelerating drift from educational goods to metrics, reshaping development of critical thinking and creativity.

As of May 2026, generative AI mediates core parts of learning, prompting a peer-reviewed conceptual paper to propose criteria for distinguishing legitimate pedagogical uses from manipulative and deceptive ones. It introduces three principles — moral legitimacy, developmental integrity, and value preservation — to assess influence and protect reflective judgement.

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

Updated Jul 13, 2026 · TRV-2026-0190

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ProblemEducation· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Art students classified as authorship guardians and conflicted co-creators report resistance to AI co-authorship and struggles with ownership, disclosure, authenticity, and earned pride when collaborating with generative AI.

Published February 28 2026, this peer-reviewed study examined how art students negotiate creative identity when working with generative AI. Forty students from visual arts, design, music, and animation sorted 42 statements about collaboration, authorship, ethics, and control, and factor analysis revealed five distinct perspectives ranging from human-centered direction to enthusiastic exploration.

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

Updated Jul 13, 2026 · TRV-2026-0188

Recomputed live from the record · Sep 15, 2026, 9:13 AM