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Evidence (3308 claims)

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Claims by outcome category

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
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Essay quality changes little while students have AI access but improves in style and relevance one week later when students write unaided.
Open-ended essay assessments (higher-order skills) collected immediately (with AI access for treatment group) and one week later (unaided) in the randomized experiment; quality measured on dimensions including style and relevance.
high mixed Experimental Evidence on the Learning Impact of Generative A... essay quality (immediate and one-week delayed), specifically style and relevance
The research is limited by the current state of AI technology and the available proxies; therefore the validity of the present optimistic findings must be continually re-evaluated.
Authors' stated limitations in the abstract noting rapid AI advancement and proxy measurement constraints.
high mixed Economic Growth, AI Adoption and Human Capital Across the OE... validity/reliability of current empirical findings on AI's economic effects
These positive results are not supported in all contexts (i.e., the positive effects are not universally found across all specifications/contexts).
Abstract statement noting heterogeneity/robustness: preferred results hold but are 'not supported in all contexts.' Implies some specifications or subsets do not show the effects.
high mixed Economic Growth, AI Adoption and Human Capital Across the OE... robustness/heterogeneity of AI effects on growth and living standards
Empirical claims across the reviewed literature vary in methodological rigor and should be viewed with caution before standardized replication.
Meta-level assessment presented in the review of peer‑reviewed literature (2020–2025); no formal quality-assessment statistics provided in the excerpt.
high mixed From data to decisions: A narrative review of business intel... methodological rigor / reproducibility of empirical studies
Traditional jobs based on manual work are transforming into collaborative management and exception-handling roles that demand new cognitive and ethical skills from employees.
Secondary data literature review of peer-reviewed research and industry evidence published 2022–2026 (method: secondary data review / synthesis). No specific sample size reported.
high mixed Redefining warehouse workforce competencies and roles throug... shift in job tasks/roles toward collaborative management and exception handling
The model yields propositions on threshold effects, productivity J-curve dynamics, distributional stress, and policy sequencing.
Model-derived propositions and theoretical implications presented in the paper (analytical derivations and theory-building).
high mixed THE AI PRODUCTIVITY TRANSMISSION GAP IN SMALL OPEN ECONOMIES... time-path of productivity (J-curve), distributional outcomes (stress), and thres...
The DIAC model identifies three regimes of AI adoption and absorption: adoption without absorption, constrained complementarity, and adaptive complementarity.
Taxonomy and regime definitions derived in the paper's theoretical model (analytical/theory-building).
high mixed THE AI PRODUCTIVITY TRANSMISSION GAP IN SMALL OPEN ECONOMIES... regime classification of AI adoption vs. institutional absorption
The same AI shock can produce divergent outcomes in small open economies.
Core theoretical claim derived from the Dynamic Institutional Absorptive Capacity (DIAC) model developed in the paper (analytical/theory-building).
high mixed THE AI PRODUCTIVITY TRANSMISSION GAP IN SMALL OPEN ECONOMIES... divergence in productivity and distributional outcomes across countries
Artificial intelligence is widely expected to raise productivity, yet its macroeconomic gains remain uncertain, uneven, and institutionally mediated.
Statement and literature-motivated framing in the paper's introduction; supported by analytical theory-building (DIAC model) rather than empirical data.
high mixed THE AI PRODUCTIVITY TRANSMISSION GAP IN SMALL OPEN ECONOMIES... macroeconomic / national productivity
AI performs best in routine, data-rich situations but falls short when decisions require lived experience and contextual understanding.
Synthesis of cross-domain empirical studies and theoretical arguments showing differential AI performance by task type (routine/data-rich vs. experience-dependent/contextual).
high mixed What AI Cannot Learn: A Cognitive Science Perspective on Hum... relative performance of AI across task types
The dominant paradigm has shifted from 'substitution' (machines replacing workers) to 'augmentation' (AI augmenting human work).
Interpretive conclusion in the paper drawn from secondary literature (WEF, ILO, McKinsey, PwC) and observed policy/industry trends.
high mixed AI AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE LABOR MARKET: THE SOCIAL CO... nature of human-AI interaction (substitution vs augmentation)
Macroeconomic evidence remains cautious because AI diffusion is still uneven across industries and many firms are in early adoption stages.
Paper's synthesis of macroeconomic and industry-level sources (OECD, IMF, BLS, McKinsey, etc.) reporting uneven diffusion and early-stage adoption.
high mixed Effect of Artificial Intelligence Adoption on Labour Product... macroeconomic (aggregate) productivity evidence and AI diffusion patterns
The productivity effect of AI is not automatic; it depends on firm-level adoption, worker skills, complementary investment in software and data systems, managerial readiness, task suitability, and the ability of organisations to redesign workflows around AI.
Paper's conceptual argument and synthesis of secondary literature highlighting conditional factors for realizing productivity gains.
high mixed Effect of Artificial Intelligence Adoption on Labour Product... labour productivity conditional on complementarities
The net effect of AI on work is better described as displacement than wholesale elimination.
Author's conceptual argument and synthesis of literature/reports (qualitative argumentation in the paper).
high mixed AI-Driven Workforce Transformation: Displacement, Opportunit... whether AI causes displacement (reallocation) of jobs versus complete eliminatio...
Hybrid (human-AI) performance, analyzed at the individual forecaster level, is trimodal: most people either deferred to the model (matching it) or rubber-stamped a prior guess (performing worse than the model alone), while a minority engaged in genuine complementary reasoning and reached accuracy matching or even exceeding the market.
Pilot empirical analysis comparing individual forecasters' hybrid forecasts to both the model and the Polymarket benchmark; claims reported at individual level in the paper.
high mixed Human Capital, Not Model Benchmarks, Predicts Hybrid Intelli... forecasting accuracy / error relative to model and market
The study reveals an 'AI Competency Paradox'—AI raises technical skills while increasing demand for meta-competencies that established frameworks fail to assess.
Synthesis of empirical findings reported in the paper linking measured increases in technical skills with unmet assessment needs for meta-competencies.
high mixed AI-Education and Innovation Competitiveness: EU Moderate Inn... coexistence of rising technical skills and unmet assessment of meta-competencies
There are two distinct regional catch-up trajectories: Digital Leapfrogging in the Baltic States and Industrial Deepening in the Visegrad Group.
Systematic empirical documentation across the Visegrad Group and Baltic States (2022–2025) using the paper's assessment approach; patterns labeled and interpreted by the author.
high mixed AI-Education and Innovation Competitiveness: EU Moderate Inn... regional catch-up trajectories in AI-driven innovation and development
Key human factors—trust calibration, output-quality sensemaking, expertise depth, feedback latency, cognitive load, and metacognitive skill development—serve as performance-shaping mechanisms within AI-enabled systems.
Presentation of a socio-technical evaluation model synthesizing prior research across several disciplines (conceptual synthesis; no empirical sample reported).
high mixed Optimizing Human Capital in AI-Enabled Architectures: A Syst... AI-enabled system performance as shaped by listed human factors
A 2025 forecasting study of experts reveals an apparent disconnect between expectations of significant AI capability improvements and modest near-term economic projections.
2025 forecasting study / expert elicitation involving 69 leading economists and 52 AI experts, plus additional expert panels; comparison of experts' expectations about AI capability progress versus their near-term economic projections.
high mixed Preparing Organizations for AI's Economic Disruption: Eviden... experts' expectations about AI capability improvements versus near-term economic...
The effect of AI adoption on inequality is heavily moderated by a country's educational infrastructure and baseline economic development.
Reported moderation analysis / subgroup comparisons using OLS regression and Random Forest on the World Bank/OECD cross-country dataset indicating that the AI–inequality relationship varies with measures of education and development.
high mixed Analyzing the Impact of Artificial Intelligence Adoption on ... Gini index (income inequality)
From a sociomaterial perspective, auditor reconfiguration depends both on the evolution of technological capabilities (material agency) and on professionals' engagement and adaptation (social agency).
Theoretical framing and interpretive synthesis in the SLR of 43 studies; application of sociomateriality theory to the empirical patterns identified in the literature.
high mixed AI in auditing: Drivers and barriers to its adoption and the... Drivers of role change: interaction of material (technology) and social (profess...
The introduction of AI reconfigures the auditor’s role through an ongoing, dynamic process: as technology evolves, organizational practices and arrangements transform, rebalancing functions and responsibilities between auditors and tools.
Interpretive synthesis from the SLR of 43 studies using a sociomateriality theoretical lens; cross-study observations about changing tasks, responsibilities and human–machine interactions.
high mixed AI in auditing: Drivers and barriers to its adoption and the... Reconfiguration of auditor role (task allocation and responsibilities)
The paper develops a task-to-firm conversion framework explaining why task-level GenAI productivity gains do not automatically translate into firm-level improvements.
Theoretical and conceptual contribution presented in the review, integrating multiple literatures (GPT theory, digital economics, task experiments, China studies).
high mixed Generative AI, Digital Infrastructure, and Firm Productivity... mechanisms and frictions in converting task-level gains into firm-level producti...
Despite task-level gains, GenAI produces uneven or limited firm-level productivity effects in many settings.
Review synthesizing discrepancies between task-level experiments and firm-level outcome studies, and discussion of conversion frictions in the paper.
high mixed Generative AI, Digital Infrastructure, and Firm Productivity... firm-level productivity effects (heterogeneity and limited average effects)
Generative AI (GenAI) should not be treated as a standalone productivity shock; its economic value depends on the interaction between model capability, task fit, human-AI calibration, organizational complementary assets, and regional digital infrastructure.
Conceptual framework developed in this review synthesizing literature from AI research, task-level productivity experiments, general-purpose technology theory, digital economics, and China-focused digital transformation studies; no new firm-level empirical analysis in this paper.
high mixed Generative AI, Digital Infrastructure, and Firm Productivity... conversion of task-level GenAI gains into firm-level productivity/value
Existing user-role frameworks (e.g., the BTP User Type Matrix) require adaptation because the workforce is undergoing significant role-specific changes.
Authors' analysis based on 20 expert interviews and a 24-person workshop that uncovered mismatches between current role taxonomies and emergent AI-influenced responsibilities.
high mixed The impact of artificial intelligence on enterprise software... fit and adequacy of existing user-role frameworks for current workforce roles
There is a growing reliance on agentic AI systems within the platform context.
Qualitative evidence from the 20 interviews and the 24-participant workshop reporting increased dependence on AI agents for tasks and decision support.
high mixed The impact of artificial intelligence on enterprise software... degree of reliance on agentic AI systems
There is increasing automation of operational tasks in the development domain.
Participant reports and workshop discussions from 20 interviews and a 24-person workshop indicating automation of operational activities; qualitative thematic evidence.
high mixed The impact of artificial intelligence on enterprise software... automation level of operational tasks
The results reveal substantial shifts in day-to-day tasks and roles in the development domain.
Reported findings from 20 expert interviews and a 24-participant participatory workshop; claim based on participants' reported changes to responsibilities and observed themes in the data.
high mixed The impact of artificial intelligence on enterprise software... day-to-day tasks and professional roles of software developers
AI is rapidly reshaping the nature of work in software development, transforming user roles, workflows, and collaboration patterns across enterprise platforms.
Qualitative study reported in the paper combining 20 expert interviews and a participatory workshop with 24 participants; findings derive from thematic analysis of participant accounts and workshop outputs.
high mixed The impact of artificial intelligence on enterprise software... nature of work (user roles, workflows, collaboration patterns) in software devel...
AI has a significant positive impact on value chain upgrading in the eastern and western regions of China, while its effect in the central region is insignificant.
Region-specific panel regressions / heterogeneity analysis using the 30-province 2010–2022 panel split by region; reported significance levels for eastern, western, and central subsamples.
high mixed The impact of artificial intelligence on value chain upgradi... value chain upgrading in the equipment manufacturing industry (by region)
The effects of talent introduction on AI development are heterogeneous: they vary by firm characteristics such as pollution status, regional location, and industry affiliation, and are particularly pronounced in the manufacturing sector.
Subgroup / heterogeneity analyses using the panel data showing differential effects across pollution status, regions, and industries (notably manufacturing).
high mixed The Impact of Talent Introduction Intensity on Corporate Art... firm-level AI development (heterogeneous treatment effects)
Instrumental-variable estimates using lagged AI diffusion produce similar patterns (attenuation of overeducation penalty and slight lowering of undereducation premium), although results should be interpreted with caution.
IV estimation using lagged AI diffusion as an instrument in models applied to CLDS data; IV results reported to be qualitatively similar to OLS/fixed-effects estimates but noted as requiring cautious interpretation.
high mixed Technological diffusion, skill reconfiguration and wage adju... wages (interaction effects with educational mismatch)
Policy-related AI development, rather than national AI development alone, may be more relevant for observed adult participation in education and training.
Comparative interpretation of the (null) contemporaneous association for total AI Vibrancy Score and the positive lagged association for AI-related Policy and Government activity in the panel regressions (2017–2024, 18 European countries).
high mixed National AI development and adult lifelong-learning particip... inferred relevance of AI-related activity for adult participation in education a...
These patterns suggest a commoditization effect of AI on labor, with implications for online labor market design, workers' incentives to invest in human capital, and labor welfare.
Interpretation synthesized from the three empirical findings above (decline in human-capital importance, rise in price importance, decline in demand premium for high-human-capital workers, and reallocation toward lower-priced workers). This is presented as the paper's conceptual/mechanistic conclusion and policy implication rather than a separately tested causal estimate. (Empirical basis: Upwork analysis and difference-in-differences; sample size not reported in abstract.)
high mixed Human Capital, AI, and Labor Commoditization commoditization of labor and its implications for worker incentives and welfare
Returnees face a short-run employment penalty after returning from cross-border work, but this penalty fades with cross-border tenure and with time since return.
Chapter 4: causal analysis using linked Belgian administrative registers comparing returnees to stayers; reported short-run employment penalty and dynamic fade-out with tenure and time since return.
high mixed Artificial Intelligence, Skills, and Labor Mobility: Underst... employment (post-return employment probability / employment rate)
Random-forest models (Belgian administrative registers) reveal sharply nonlinear transition patterns predicting entry and exit into cross-border work, with commuting time, prior employment instability, earnings, and household cross-border exposure as strong predictors.
Chapter 4: linked Belgian administrative registers identifying cross-border spells in Luxembourg; predictive analysis using random-forest models; individual-level predictors and nonlinear patterns reported.
high mixed Artificial Intelligence, Skills, and Labor Mobility: Underst... entry and exit into cross-border employment (transitions)
The guarded engagement loop framework conceptualizes generative AI adoption as a feedback process in which risk perceptions may shape interaction conditions that, in turn, can influence observed performance and subsequent trust calibration.
Central conceptual claim of the paper; framework articulated by the authors and presented as a set of testable propositions (theoretical contribution rather than empirical finding in the abstract).
Risk salience may shape interaction dynamics with LLMs via a multilevel feedback mechanism called the 'guarded engagement loop', in which risk perceptions shape interaction strategies that influence observed performance and, in turn, recalibrate trust in generative AI systems.
Conceptual framework proposed by the authors, integrating theories from trust in automation, privacy calculus, algorithm aversion, and social amplification of risk; presented as a theoretical model rather than an empirical test.
LLM guidance was associated with increased pupil size variability.
Physiological eye-tracking measure (pupil size variability) reported and compared across conditions in the simulated SAR experiment.
Eye-tracking data revealed an attention-guidance trade-off: visual resources shifted to the chat interface when LLM guidance was present.
Eye-tracking measures collected during the experiment showing changes in gaze allocation (increased fixations/dwell time on the chat interface) across LLM-guided vs baseline conditions.
high mixed LLM-Mediated Human-AI Interaction in Search and Rescue: Impa... visual attention allocation (fixations/dwell time to chat interface vs environme...
The ICH framework predicts three distinct augmentation regimes (determined by combinations of A and C) with distinct policy implications.
Theoretical classification derived from the model; conceptual prediction presented in the paper.
high mixed Forecasting AI-Era Productivity: The Intellectually Converge... augmentation regime classification (regimes of phi behavior as functions of A an...
AI-induced changes are displacing existing labor jobs while also creating new jobs that require high technological skills.
Summary claim from the SLR reporting that reviewed empirical studies report both displacement of existing jobs and creation of new, high-skill jobs; no quantified displacement/creation rates provided in the excerpt.
high mixed Labor Market The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Employ... job displacement and job creation (skill intensity of new jobs)
Between 2017 and 2025, studies identified current trends of AI-induced changes affecting both blue-collar and white-collar occupations.
Synthesis statement in the paper reporting that reviewed empirical studies identified trends across blue- and white-collar jobs (timeframe 2017–2025). Specific studies or counts not provided in the excerpt.
high mixed Labor Market The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Employ... AI-induced changes in occupation types (blue-collar and white-collar)
AI's rapid evolution has profound effects on the labor market, influencing the levels, skills needed for jobs, and overall jobs content.
Statement from the paper's synthesis/introduction summarizing reviewed empirical studies (systematic literature review covering studies from 2017–2025). Number of underlying studies not reported in the excerpt.
high mixed Labor Market The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Employ... overall effects on labor market: job levels, skill requirements, and job content
There were no significant differences in AI use based on most accountant characteristics, except in auditing where business owners reported a higher frequency of AI use.
Inferential statistical analysis of questionnaire data (comparative design); specific statistical tests and sample size not reported in the summary.
high mixed Utilization of Artificial Intelligence Technology among Acco... frequency of AI use (by accountant characteristics and by audit role/business ow...
The article develops a conceptual framework linking GenAI use in higher education to knowledge transformation, critical thinking, ethical judgment, digital capability, managerial decision-making, business ethics, workforce readiness, and organizational readiness.
Presentation of a conceptual framework by the authors as part of the review (theoretical/conceptual work; no empirical validation reported).
high mixed Instructing Higher Education in the Era of Generative AI: Im... conceptual linkage among educational inputs and downstream capabilities (knowled...
GenAI should be understood as more than an educational technology: it affects the development of managerial decision-making, business ethics, and workforce readiness for future managers, entrepreneurs, administrators, policymakers, and business professionals.
Conceptual argument and literature synthesis presented in the review article (no primary empirical sample).
high mixed Instructing Higher Education in the Era of Generative AI: Im... managerial decision-making capabilities and ethical judgment
Generative AI (GenAI) is reshaping higher education by changing learning practices, academic writing, knowledge access, assessment preparation, research support, and student engagement.
Narrative literature review / synthesis (review article). No primary empirical sample reported — claim drawn from cited literature and conceptual synthesis.
high mixed Instructing Higher Education in the Era of Generative AI: Im... learning practices (academic writing, assessment prep, research support, student...
Perkembangan AI mengotomatisasi tugas rutin sekaligus menciptakan peluang pekerjaan baru berbasis digital.
Sistematis studi literatur yang menelaah 33 sumber ilmiah, laporan lembaga internasional, dan kebijakan terkait (n=33).
high mixed Transformasi SDM di Era AI: Strategi Menjaga Daya Saing Tena... perubahan struktur pasar kerja (otomatisasi tugas rutin dan penciptaan pekerjaan...