AI is turning research into a scientific monoculture – communication psychology

AI needs to be studied, including by social scientists. But those Away As we engage with AI, the scientific imagination must not be limited or the intellectual diversity that precedes it erased. The goal is not to retreat from AI, but to resist allowing its urgency to collapse the diversity of methods and perspectives that make scientific ecosystems resilient.

To counteract epistemic monoculture, the scientific community can develop structural and cultural safeguards, which we propose below. If, as we suggest, scientific monoculture emerges from reinforcing feedback loops rather than isolated decisions, effective responses must target multiple points in that loop. No single intervention will be enough. Instead, maintaining scientific diversity requires a portfolio of protective measures that slow, balance, or redirect the dynamics depicted in Figure 1.

Diversification of financing

As techno-cultural prominence increases, institutional incentives are increasingly aligned with AI-centric topics, reinforcing current…