1、AUTHORSMicah MusserRebecca GellesRonnie KinoshitaCatherine AikenAndrew LohnThe Main Resource is the Human A SURVEY OF AI RESEARCHERS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF COMPUTEDATA BRIEFAPRIL 2023Center for Security and Emerging Technology|1 Executive Summary Artificial intelligence is increasingly understood as a

2、 strategic technology that governments seek to promote domestically and constrain for adversaries.One approach to promoting,or constraining,AI progress centers on the role of computational power(or“compute”).This approach encourages policymakers to enact policies and provide support to make compute

3、resources more accessible to domestic researchers,perhaps while limiting their availability for strategic competitors.Relatedly,there are concerns that the increasing computational demands of AI breakthroughs risk concentrating AI research in the hands of a small number of well-resourced actors,limi

4、ting the diversity of AI researchers,what research receives meaningful attention,and who benefits from AI progress.Despite growing policy attention to these issues,whether and how AI researchers view compute as a critical resource for their research is unknown.To address this gap,the Center for Secu

5、rity and Emerging Technology(CSET)surveyed more than four hundred AI researchers to examine their compute use,how they think about computes role in AI progress,and the degree to which they are constrained(or not)by compute.Key findings include:1.Surveyed AI researchers are not primarily or exclusive

6、ly constrained by compute access.More respondents report talent as an important factor for project success,a higher priority with more funding,and a more limiting factor when deciding what projects to pursue.Data availability is also cited as a more common reason for rejecting projects.2.There are f