What percentage of U.S. AI publications will have a Chinese co-author in 2022?

Started May 17, 2021 01:30PM UTC
Closed Apr 01, 2022 03:59AM UTC

Related question. A version of this question was previously issued for 2021. You can view those forecasts here. The median crowd forecast for 2021 is 18.4%.

Context. As U.S.-China tensions increase, policymakers are paying greater attention to areas in which the two countries are entangled. One such area relevant to tech-security policy is AI research collaborations. To date, the U.S.-China decoupling trends apparent in economic and immigration data do not appear to be impacting research collaborations. Whether potential conflicts between academic and security interests will begin to affect research collaborations is unclear.

Data and resolution details. This question resolves based on Dimensions data. We classified publications as AI/ML-relevant or not using a predictive model trained on arXiv publication data, where a publication is relevant if it’s categorized on arXiv under any of artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer vision, computation and language, multiagent systems, or robotics. To read more about this method, see “Identifying the Development and Application of Artificial Intelligence in Scientific Text.” A publication is a U.S. publication if any author is affiliated with a U.S.-based organization. A publication is a U.S.-China collaboration if at least one author is affiliated with a U.S.-based organization and at least one author is affiliated with a China-based organization.

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Possible Answer Final Crowd Forecast
Less than 14% 3%
Between 14% and 16%, inclusive 12%
More than 16% but less than or equal to 18% 31%
More than 18% but less than or equal to 20% 40%
More than 20% 14%
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