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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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GainScience· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Deep learning models composed of multiple processing layers improved state-of-the-art performance in speech recognition, visual object recognition, object detection, drug discovery and genomics by 2015

Published in May 2015, this peer-reviewed overview describes deep learning as models with multiple processing layers that learn multi-level representations of data, trained via backpropagation to adjust parameters between layers

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

Updated Jul 13, 2026 · TRV-2026-0209

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GainScience· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

A deep neural network trained on DFT data learned a transferable potential that predicts total energies for organic molecules with chemical accuracy versus DFT, generalizing to systems up to 54 atoms despite training on smaller molecules.

On Feb 8 2017, researchers described ANI, a deep neural network architecture that uses atomic environment vectors derived from modified symmetry functions to learn molecular energies from quantum mechanical DFT calculations, and introduced Normal Mode Sampling to efficiently sample potential surfaces.

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

Updated Jul 13, 2026 · TRV-2026-0206

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GainScience· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Decision-tree ensemble approach called deep forest achieves excellent performance across different domains using the same default setting while requiring fewer hyper-parameters and automatically determining model complexity without gradient-based adjustment or backpropagation.

As of the 2018-10-08 publication, researchers proposed deep forest, a decision-tree ensemble that stacks non-differentiable modules in layers to replicate deep learning characteristics without using backpropagation for training.

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

Updated Jul 13, 2026 · TRV-2026-0205

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GainCrime· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Trust and Safety defenders can use generative AI to detect and mitigate harmful content at scale and support investigations and moderator wellbeing.

On April 13, 2026, a peer-reviewed CHI paper reported a qualitative study of 43 Trust & Safety experts across child safety, election integrity, hate and harassment, scams, and violent extremism. It found generative AI both expands attacker capabilities and offers new defensive tools for detection and mitigation.

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

Updated Jul 13, 2026 · TRV-2026-0197

AI problems · 519

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ProblemLifestyle· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Almost 50 years after he first got his hands on a computer, the Oxford professor still believes in the power of technology. Can his beloved game theory explain why Silicon Valley’s entrepreneurs consistently misuse it?

Machine-ingested summary: the claims above reflect a single primary source and have not been weighed against contradicting evidence by a Truvace editor yet.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%62
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%34
Recency 10%91

Updated Jul 11, 2026 · TRV-2026-0034

Recomputed live from the record · Aug 27, 2026, 7:23 AM