This article refers to"AI for Research(AI4R)"as the fifth research paradigm and summarizes its characteristics,including:(1)the fully integration of artificial intelligence into various scientific and technology researches;(2)machine intelligence has become an integral part of scientific research;(3)effectively handles the combinatorial explosion problem with high computational complexity;(4)probability and statistical models play a greater role in scientific research;(5)realize the integration of four existing research paradigms,cross disciplinary cooperation has become the mainstream research method;(6)scientific research relies more on large research platforms characterized by large models.This article points out that AI4R is a scientific revolution,and the opportunities and challenges it brings will affect the future of China's science and technological development.It calls on scientists in various fields to achieve transformation of intelligentization.
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