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Evidence (70 claims)

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Counts by direction of finding. These are the same 34 outcome categories the Explorer compares and the Syntheses are written for. A linked row has a published synthesis.

Outcome Positive Negative Mixed Null Total
Other 870 233 116 1066 2363
Governance & Regulation 976 451 218 133 1809
Organizational Efficiency 949 224 144 88 1416
Technology Adoption Rate 764 287 141 122 1325
Research Productivity 501 152 74 362 1101
Output Quality 542 216 69 69 896
Decision Quality 387 198 94 54 740
Firm Productivity 513 67 101 27 714
AI Safety & Ethics 249 303 73 36 667
Market Structure 190 192 134 27 548
Task Allocation 243 77 91 36 452
Innovation Output 291 33 55 20 401
Skill Acquisition 206 72 65 21 364
Employment Level 133 63 115 22 335
Fiscal & Macroeconomic 153 79 52 32 323
Task Completion Time 206 37 12 15 272
Firm Revenue 179 52 29 5 266
Consumer Welfare 130 76 47 13 266
Inequality Measures 48 137 51 6 242
Worker Satisfaction 101 81 25 13 220
Error Rate 84 110 11 5 210
Wages & Compensation 98 47 30 10 185
Regulatory Compliance 88 73 17 7 185
Automation Exposure 66 64 33 16 182
Team Performance 105 29 30 11 176
Training Effectiveness 109 22 14 21 168
Developer Productivity 114 21 14 8 158
Job Displacement 12 90 24 1 127
Hiring & Recruitment 57 9 9 5 80
Skill Obsolescence 6 56 9 1 72
Social Protection 43 17 8 2 70
Creative Output 35 21 9 4 70
Labor Share of Income 18 21 17 1 57
Worker Turnover 15 16 4 35
Industry 1 1
Approach motivation (BAS Drive) moderates whether interactive partnership benefits originality.
Moderation analysis reported from the pilot (N = 62) showing interaction between BAS Drive (a measured personality/motivation scale) and the effect of interactive partnership on originality.
Reasoning models roam a wider hypothesis space, yet no model class spontaneously proposes null hypotheses — a move humans make more freely.
Model-output analysis comparing 'reasoning' vs 'non-reasoning' classes on hypothesis-space breadth and presence/absence of null hypotheses; human responses used as comparison.
high mixed Contemporary AI lacks the imagination to diverge or negate i... breadth of hypothesis space and frequency of null-hypothesis proposals
AI advances science through structurally distinct creative pathways rather than a single mechanism; the creative pathway depends on how AI is incorporated into the research process.
Interpretation synthesized from observed heterogeneity in creativity outcomes across classified AI research modes (Tool-oriented vs Adaptation-oriented) in the >1M publication analysis.
high mixed Does Artificial Intelligence Advance Science? mechanism/pathway of scientific creativity (qualitative synthesis from heterogen...
Through a pre-registered randomized control trial, we show that incentives mediate AI's homogenizing force in a creative writing task where participants can use AI interactively.
Pre-registered randomized controlled trial (experimental design) conducted on a creative writing task with interactive AI use (details such as sample size not provided in excerpt).
high mixed Incentives shape how humans co-create with generative AI extent to which incentives alter AI's homogenizing effect (mediating effect)
The effect of increasing the share of AI-automated R&D tasks is non-monotonic: firms initially target more radical innovations, but beyond a threshold of human-AI complementarity, they shift the focus toward incremental innovations.
Analytical comparative-statics in the theoretical model: varying the fraction of R&D tasks performable by AI yields a non-monotonic relationship between AI task-share and optimal recombination distance, with a threshold determined by human-AI complementarity.
high mixed Bridging Distant Ideas: the Impact of AI on R&D and Recombin... targeted recombination distance / radicalness of innovations as a function of AI...
Higher AI productivity encourages more distant recombinations, if the direct facilitation effect is stronger than the indirect effect due to intensified competition from rivals.
Comparative-static result from the analytical model: the paper derives a condition comparing the direct facilitation effect of AI on accessing distant knowledge and the indirect effect from increased competition; when the former dominates, equilibrium recombination distance increases with AI productivity.
high mixed Bridging Distant Ideas: the Impact of AI on R&D and Recombin... recombination distance (degree of distance in knowledge-space targeted by firms)
AI usage has dual effects on employees: it can both enhance innovative behavior and predict disengagement, as revealed by a dual-path (SOR-based) model.
Interpretation/synthesis from the four-stage longitudinal study of 285 finance professionals using a dual-path model based on SOR theory (combining the mediation and moderation results).
high mixed Autonomous enhancement or emotional depletion? The dual-path... innovative work behavior and work disengagement behavior (dual outcomes)
Self-reported cognitive outsourcing predicts lower originality specifically in human-human dyads.
Correlation / regression result from the in-person pilot (N = 62) reporting that self-reported cognitive outsourcing is associated with lower originality in human-human dyads but not in other conditions.
More innovative creators are especially harmed under the strong-IP regime — a phenomenon the paper terms the "originality penalty."
Analytical result derived from the static game model in the paper highlighting differential effects by creator innovativeness; theoretical characterization labeled "originality penalty."
high negative Market Design for AI: Beyond the Copyright Binary relative payoff/incentive for innovative creators
A regime of strong intellectual property rights, modeled as a static Stackelberg game, also fails to provide adequate creative incentives (it underpowers creative incentives).
Theoretical analysis using a static Stackelberg-game model developed in the paper; analytical results show reduced creator incentives under this regime.
high negative Market Design for AI: Beyond the Copyright Binary creative incentives / creator payoff
Non-reasoning LLMs collapse into a narrow 'hivemind' of similar ideas.
Comparative analysis of idea outputs from different LLM classes showing reduced diversity/similarity concentration for non-reasoning models (as described in results).
high negative Contemporary AI lacks the imagination to diverge or negate i... diversity / similarity of generated ideas (creativity)
GenAI usage significantly decreased creativity-relevant skills.
Experiment with 82 participants reported in the paper; authors report a statistically significant decrease in measures of creativity-relevant skills for participants using GenAI.
high negative When Ai Sparks Less: Generative Ai And The Decline Of Self-P... creativity-relevant skills
In deployed settings, the effects of AI systems on human agency, creativity, and institutional well-being emerge over time, shaped by repeated interaction, reuse, and integration into real-world workflows, and these dynamics are rarely visible through pre-deployment evaluation or isolated prompt–response analysis.
Argumentative observation based on conceptual reasoning; no empirical data or sample size reported.
high negative Post-Deployment Observability as a Foundation for Well-Being... emergent effects on human agency and creativity arising from extended AI use
Generated ideas often degrade after implementation.
Paper statement about the gap between idea generation and implemented results reported in the Creation-phase analysis; no quantified follow-up study reported in the excerpt.
high negative AI for Auto-Research: Roadmap & User Guide quality change of generated ideas after implementation
Using LLMs led to fewer creative moments observed in participants (p=0.002).
Within-subject comparison between LLM-assisted and unassisted conditions with reported p-value p=0.002. Study sample N=20.
high negative "Like Taking the Path of Least Resistance": Exploring the Im... count of creative moments
Patent text similarity analysis confirms a 'homogenization trap' (AI-associated increases in patent-text similarity).
Text-similarity analysis of patent documents reported in the paper showing increased patent similarity associated with AI use.
high negative The Inverted-U Relationship Between AI and Corporate Innovat... patent text similarity (homogenization of patent content)
Across short stories, marketing slogans, and alternative-uses tasks, three frontier LLMs fall below parity across crowding kernels.
Empirical experiments reported in the paper evaluating three frontier large language models on three task domains (short stories, marketing slogans, alternative-uses) and finding ρ < 1 (below parity) across crowding kernels. The abstract specifies three models but does not report the number of generated samples per model or other sample-size details.
high negative Ex Ante Evaluation of AI-Induced Idea Diversity Collapse human-relative diversity ratio (ρ) indicating excess crowding
This creates an evaluation blind spot, as AI can improve individual outputs while increasing population-level crowding.
Theoretical/ conceptual claim in the paper arguing that improvements at the individual-output level can still increase similarity (crowding) at the population level; no empirical numbers given in the abstract.
high negative Ex Ante Evaluation of AI-Induced Idea Diversity Collapse population-level crowding (diversity collapse)
Creative AI systems are typically evaluated at the level of individual utility, yet creative outputs are consumed in populations: an idea loses value when many others produce similar ones.
Conceptual argument presented in the paper's introduction motivating a population-level perspective on creative outputs (no empirical sample size reported).
high negative Ex Ante Evaluation of AI-Induced Idea Diversity Collapse loss of value due to similarity (population-level creative value)
The framework addresses emerging tensions captured in the Creativity Paradox, whereby GenAI may weaken intrinsic motivation, conceptual risk-taking, and evaluative depth.
Theoretical extension of paradox theory and conceptual discussion of potential negative effects; presented as conceptual risks rather than empirically demonstrated outcomes.
high negative Beyond the Creativity Paradox: A Theory-informed Framework f... intrinsic motivation, conceptual risk-taking, evaluative depth
Early evidence suggests generative AI increases productivity but does so at the cost of collective diversity, potentially narrowing the set of ideas and perspectives produced.
Statement refers to prior literature/early studies (no specific study, sample size, or method reported in the excerpt).
high negative Incentives shape how humans co-create with generative AI collective diversity of produced ideas/perspectives
In the limiting case of full automation, the model predicts that optimal recombination distance collapses to zero, suggesting that fully AI-driven research would undermine the very knowledge creation that it seeks to accelerate.
Limiting-case analytical result of the model: as the share of AI-automated tasks approaches 1 (full automation), the derived optimal recombination distance converges to zero.
high negative Bridging Distant Ideas: the Impact of AI on R&D and Recombin... optimal recombination distance (approaches zero under full automation)
Excessive reliance on AI may reduce the originality of research and lead to duplication of research efforts.
Model implication: as the share of tasks automated by AI increases, the paper shows analytically that originality can decline and firms may duplicate research efforts (due to homogenization of methods or search), reducing novel knowledge creation.
high negative Bridging Distant Ideas: the Impact of AI on R&D and Recombin... originality of research; duplication of research efforts
LLM design agents can fixate on existing paradigms and fail to explore alternatives when solving design challenges, potentially leading to suboptimal solutions (a pathology analogous to human designers).
Literature/background claim and authors' characterization of observed agent behavior; motivated the proposed metacognitive interventions. No numerical sample size reported.
high negative Supervising Ralph Wiggum: Exploring a Metacognitive Co-Regul... tendency to fixate on existing paradigms / lack of exploration leading to subopt...
Significantly more heavy LLM users reported that the writing was less creative and not in their voice.
Self-reported measures from participants in the human user study comparing heavy LLM users to others; no sample size or exact statistics provided in the excerpt.
high negative How LLMs Distort Our Written Language self-reported creativity and 'in-your-voice' authenticity of writing
We show that ρ ≥ 1 is the no-excess-crowding parity condition and connect Δ to an adoption game with exposure-dependent redundancy costs.
Theoretical result derived in the paper linking the human-relative diversity ratio ρ to a parity condition and relating the excess-crowding coefficient Δ to an adoption-game model with exposure-dependent redundancy costs.
high neutral Ex Ante Evaluation of AI-Induced Idea Diversity Collapse parity condition for no-excess-crowding (ρ ≥ 1) and economic/game-theoretic rela...
Under matched time limits, originality with a GPT-4 partner is statistically equivalent to that with a human partner.
Result from the in-person pilot (N = 62) comparing originality scores between participants partnered with GPT-4 versus human partners under matched time limits; reported as statistical equivalence in the paper.
Self-evaluated creative performance remained unchanged when using GenAI.
Same experiment with 82 participants; authors report no significant difference in self-evaluated creative performance between GenAI users and controls.
high null result When Ai Sparks Less: Generative Ai And The Decline Of Self-P... self-evaluated creative performance
LLM-generated solutions contain roughly the same number of ideas as participant-generated solutions.
Comparative analysis of idea counts within solutions reported in the paper; phrased as 'roughly the same number of ideas' (no numeric effect size provided in the abstract).
high null result "Like Taking the Path of Least Resistance": Exploring the Im... number of ideas per solution
Prior exposure to highly creative ideas improves later performance, suggesting a 'seeding' intervention.
Experimental observation from the pilot (N = 62) that participants exposed to highly creative ideas showed improved subsequent performance; interpreted as evidence for a seeding effect.
high positive Two-player Alternate Uses Test: A Controlled Testbed for Int... later creative performance/originality
The paper proposes a Multi-Dimensional Creativity Assessment Framework as an alternative to current GPA-based evaluation.
Methodological contribution stated in the paper; framework is proposed and validated against GPA-based prediction.
high positive AI-Education and Innovation Competitiveness: EU Moderate Inn... availability and use of a multi-dimensional creativity assessment
The Creativity Assessment Framework significantly outperforms GPA-based prediction.
Validation reported in the paper comparing the new Creativity Assessment Framework against GPA-based predictive models; described as 'significantly outperforming' GPA-based prediction.
high positive AI-Education and Innovation Competitiveness: EU Moderate Inn... predictive accuracy of creativity assessment versus GPA
GenAI supports idea generation, business case analysis, scenario planning, data interpretation, and professional communication, thereby transforming knowledge production and management learning.
Review of examples and arguments in the literature (conceptual synthesis within the review article); no primary empirical sample size reported.
high positive Instructing Higher Education in the Era of Generative AI: Im... ability to perform knowledge-work tasks (idea generation, case analysis, scenari...
Adaptation-oriented AI research (modifying AI models for domain-specific problems) is associated with relatively higher object-based creativity.
Subgroup/heterogeneity analysis in the OpenAlex dataset classifying AI publications by research mode (Adaptation-oriented) and comparing object novelty outcomes across modes.
high positive Does Artificial Intelligence Advance Science? object-based novelty/creativity
Tool-oriented AI research (applying existing AI models to domain tasks) is associated with the largest gains in recombinant-based creativity.
Subgroup/heterogeneity analysis in the OpenAlex dataset classifying AI publications by research mode (Tool-oriented) and comparing recombinant novelty outcomes across modes.
high positive Does Artificial Intelligence Advance Science? recombinant-based novelty/creativity
AI publications have a 5.5 to 10.2 percentage point higher likelihood to rank in the top creativity decile.
Reported quantitative effect from the paper comparing top-decile creativity probabilities between AI and non-AI publications in the OpenAlex sample.
high positive Does Artificial Intelligence Advance Science? increase in probability of being top-decile creative
AI publications are significantly more likely to achieve top-decile creativity relative to non-AI publications.
Observational statistical analysis comparing AI-labeled vs non-AI publications across novelty and impact measures using the >1M OpenAlex dataset (novelty measured as recombinant and object novelty; impact measured as 3-year and 10-year citation impact).
high positive Does Artificial Intelligence Advance Science? likelihood of ranking in top creativity decile
AI-supported learning environments were linked to greater creativity, experimentation and technological improvement.
Survey responses (N=348) using established measurement scales; authors report associations between AIDLC measures and subcomponents of innovation (creativity, experimentation, technological improvement).
high positive Enhancing innovation in Pakistan’s IT sector creativity / experimentation / technological improvement
Employees' knowledge integration capability plays a critical complementary mediating role in the relationships between GenAI usage patterns (exploitative and exploratory) and creativity.
Mediation analysis conducted on three-wave lagged survey data from 381 matched employees in knowledge-intensive firms in China; knowledge integration capability measured and tested as mediator between GenAI usage patterns and creativity outcomes.
high positive The impact of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) usa... creativity (incremental and radical) via mediator knowledge integration capabili...
Exploratory GenAI use is more strongly positively associated with radical creativity than incremental creativity.
Three-wave lagged survey design; 381 valid matched employees from knowledge-intensive firms in China; statistical analysis comparing associations of exploratory GenAI use with radical vs. incremental creativity (mediation and moderation models reported in paper).
high positive The impact of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) usa... radical creativity (and compared to incremental creativity)
Exploitative GenAI use is more strongly positively associated with incremental creativity than radical creativity.
Three-wave lagged survey design; 381 valid matched employees from knowledge-intensive firms in China; statistical analysis comparing associations of exploitative GenAI use with incremental vs. radical creativity (mediation and moderation models reported in paper).
high positive The impact of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) usa... incremental creativity (and compared to radical creativity)
By modeling ideas as congestible resources, we show that source-level crowding is identifiable from within-distribution comparisons, yielding an excess-crowding coefficient Δ and a human-relative diversity ratio ρ.
Modeling/theoretical analysis in the paper that introduces metrics (Δ and ρ) and claims identifiability of source-level crowding using within-distribution comparisons (no empirical quantities given in the abstract).
high positive Ex Ante Evaluation of AI-Induced Idea Diversity Collapse identifiability of source-level crowding; definition of Δ and ρ
We introduce a human-relative framework for benchmarking AI-induced human diversity collapse without requiring human-AI interaction data, providing an ex ante protocol to estimate crowding risk from model-only generations and matched unaided human baselines.
Methodological contribution described in the paper: a framework/protocol for estimating crowding using only model generations and matched unaided human baselines (no numeric sample sizes reported in the abstract).
high positive Ex Ante Evaluation of AI-Induced Idea Diversity Collapse ability to benchmark AI-induced diversity collapse (method performance)
There are structural parallels between GenAI architectures and human cognition—such as heuristic search, divergent thinking, and iterative refinement.
Conceptual mapping and theoretical comparison between GenAI architecture characteristics and cognitive/creativity constructs presented in the paper (literature synthesis / theoretical argument).
high positive Beyond the Creativity Paradox: A Theory-informed Framework f... structural parallels between GenAI architectures and human cognition (heuristic ...
Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) is reshaping organisational creativity by emulating cognitive processes traditionally associated with human innovation.
Paper's theoretical argument and literature-grounded conceptual claims (conceptual analysis / literature review); no empirical sample or quantitative data reported.
high positive Beyond the Creativity Paradox: A Theory-informed Framework f... organisational creativity
Participants rewarded for originality relative to peers produce collectively more diverse writing than those rewarded for quality alone.
Randomized assignment to incentive conditions (originality reward vs. quality reward) in the pre-registered RCT on a creative writing task (no sample size or numerical effect provided in excerpt).
high positive Incentives shape how humans co-create with generative AI collective diversity of writing
Developing diverse AI teams addresses critics' concerns that current models are constrained by past data and lack the creative insight required for innovation.
Argumentative claim drawing on conceptual critique of current models and the proposed remedy of diverse AI teams; supported by referenced disciplinary literatures but no empirical validation provided in the excerpt.
high positive The Future of AI is Many, Not One creative insight and capacity for innovation in AI systems
A Metacognitive Co-Regulation Agent (in CRDAL) assists the Design Agent in metacognition to mitigate design fixation, thereby improving system performance for engineering design tasks.
Mechanistic claim supported by the paper's experimental results on the battery pack design problem showing CRDAL outperforming SRL and RWL; detailed measures of fixation reduction not provided in the excerpt.
high positive Supervising Ralph Wiggum: Exploring a Metacognitive Co-Regul... reduction in design fixation / improvement in performance due to co-regulation
The CRDAL system navigated through the latent design space more effectively than both SRL and RWL.
Empirical analysis on the battery pack design task comparing latent-space trajectories/exploration between CRDAL, SRL, and RWL; details on how 'more effectively' was quantified and sample size are not provided in the excerpt.
high positive Supervising Ralph Wiggum: Exploring a Metacognitive Co-Regul... quality/coverage of exploration in latent design space
Cyborg workflows produce enhanced creative output via iterative human–AI refinement.
Qualitative claim supported by case studies and examples presented in the paper (no quantitative creativity metrics or sample sizes reported in the excerpt).