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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 · 649

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GainEducation· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Three elementary students with dyslexia improved from low baseline reading comprehension to mastery and maintained gains after GenAI-based visual instruction using ChatGPT-generated visuals aligned to their Arabic coursebook.

In a 2026 single-case study in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia, three male elementary students aged 9-11 with dyslexia received GenAI-based visual instruction using ChatGPT-generated visual explanations aligned to their Grade 4 Arabic coursebook. After starting at 0%-10% on comprehension quizzes, they reached 80% or higher across three consecutive sessions and sustained that level in maintenance probes weeks later.

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

Updated Jul 14, 2026 · TRV-2026-0220

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GainHealth· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Machine learning-derived metabolic age from urinary NMR metabolites tracks longitudinal aging trajectories and predicts incident diseases and mortality beyond chronological age.

Researchers developed a biological age score from urinary metabolites measured by high-resolution 1H NMR using machine learning in a large population cohort, then tracked its trajectory over more than a decade and tested its links to aging-related phenotypes and future health events.

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

Updated Jul 14, 2026 · TRV-2026-0219

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GainHealth· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

AI reduces unwanted variability in structured pattern recognition tasks such as imaging analysis, improving diagnostic consistency and mitigating noise-driven errors.

A 2026 narrative review and conceptual analysis in Diagnosis synthesized literature on noise in medical decision-making, AI applications in healthcare, and clinical reasoning, reviewing case studies in radiology and pathology and empirical data on AI performance.

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

Updated Jul 14, 2026 · TRV-2026-0218

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GainScience· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Protecting weights important for previous tasks enables deep neural networks to be trained sequentially and achieve state-of-the-art results on multiple reinforcement learning problems experienced sequentially.

On March 14, 2017, authors in PNAS described a method to overcome catastrophic forgetting in deep neural networks. They noted that while deep networks were the most successful technique for translation, image classification and generation, they could not learn multiple tasks sequentially. Their solution protects weights important for previous tasks, inspired by synaptic consolidation.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%91

Updated Jul 13, 2026 · TRV-2026-0210

AI problems · 519

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ProblemLabor· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

US workers experienced layoffs in 2025 where employers attributed job cuts to artificial intelligence replacing human roles

In the past year US corporate leaders have explained workforce reductions by saying artificial intelligence made operations more efficient and eliminated the need for certain positions. A December report from Challenger, Gray & Christmas counted more than 54,000 layoffs in 2025 where AI was given as the reason, and the pattern was described as alleged AI-washing.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%62
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%62
Recency 10%91

Updated Jul 12, 2026 · TRV-2026-0071

Recomputed live from the record · Aug 27, 2026, 8:24 AM