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Evidence (7560 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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RAD requires estimating cost distributions and choosing a reference policy and quantile-weighting function; these choices determine the method's conservatism and sample efficiency.
Methodological and practical considerations discussed in the paper; noted dependency on estimation and design choices (no quantitative sample-efficiency results provided in the summary).
high mixed Safe RLHF Beyond Expectation: Stochastic Dominance for Unive... method conservatism (relative safety level) and sample efficiency (amount of dat...
Explanations change workflows, shift responsibilities between humans and machines, and can reshape power dynamics—creating both opportunities (better oversight) and risks (over-reliance, gaming).
Qualitative and conceptual studies synthesized in the review, including socio-technical analyses and case studies reporting observed or theorized workflow and responsibility shifts; no meta-analytic causal estimate.
high mixed Explainable AI in High-Stakes Domains: Improving Trust, Tran... workflows, responsibility allocation, power dynamics, oversight quality
Explanations increase user trust principally when they are understandable, actionable, and aligned with users’ domain knowledge; opaque or overly technical explanations can fail to build trust or even decrease it.
Thematic synthesis of empirical and conceptual studies in the reviewed literature reporting conditional effects of explanation form and comprehensibility on trust; review notes heterogeneity in study designs and contexts.
high mixed Explainable AI in High-Stakes Domains: Improving Trust, Tran... user trust / changes in trust toward AI outputs
Explainability improves perceived legitimacy, user trust, and organizational accountability only when technical transparency is paired with human-centered explanation design and governance mechanisms.
Synthesis of studies from the reviewed literature showing conditional effects of algorithmic interpretability combined with explanation design and governance; derived via thematic coding across technical and social-science sources (no new primary experimental data reported).
high mixed Explainable AI in High-Stakes Domains: Improving Trust, Tran... perceived legitimacy, user trust, organizational accountability
Explainability is a necessary but not sufficient condition for trustworthy AI in high-stakes domains.
Systematic literature review (thematic coding and synthesis) of interdisciplinary scholarship (peer-reviewed research, technical reports, policy documents); the paper synthesizes conceptual and empirical studies rather than presenting new primary data. Emphasis on high-stakes domains (healthcare, finance, public sector).
high mixed Explainable AI in High-Stakes Domains: Improving Trust, Tran... overall trustworthiness of AI systems in high-stakes domains (multidimensional c...
Some patients value human contact for sensitive cases; automated interactions can feel impersonal.
Semi-structured interviews with patients/staff and open-ended survey responses documenting preferences for human interaction in sensitive/complex complaints.
high mixed The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Complaint ... patient-reported preference for human contact and perceived interpersonal qualit...
Data‑driven policies can either amplify or mitigate inequalities depending on data representativeness, model design, and deployment governance.
Multiple empirical examples and theoretical analyses in the review highlighting cases of both harm (bias amplification) and mitigation, identified across the 103 items.
high mixed Models, applications, and limitations of the responsible ado... distributional equity outcomes (inequality amplification or mitigation)
Citizen acceptance, transparency, and perceived fairness strongly shape adoption trajectories and the political feasibility of AI tools in government.
Repeated empirical findings in the reviewed literature linking public trust, transparency measures, and fairness perceptions to successful or failed deployments (drawn from multiple case studies in the 103 items).
high mixed Models, applications, and limitations of the responsible ado... adoption trajectory/political feasibility of government AI tools (measured via d...
Adoption of AI and data-driven governance is highly uneven across jurisdictions and sectors, driven by institutional capacity, governance frameworks, and public trust.
Cross‑regional and cross‑sector comparisons in the review corpus (103 items) showing varying maturity levels and repeated identification of institutional capacity, governance arrangements, and trust factors as determinants.
high mixed Models, applications, and limitations of the responsible ado... adoption level/maturity of AI-driven governance systems
Productivity gains from generative AI depend on task mix, integration design, and the availability of complementary human skills.
Theoretical evaluation and synthesis of heterogeneous empirical findings; authors highlight variation across firms, sectors, and tasks.
high mixed The Use of ChatGPT in Business Productivity and Workflow Opt... productivity change conditional on task mix/integration/human skills (productivi...
Existing evidence is time-sensitive and heterogeneous: rapidly evolving models, heterogeneous study designs, and many short-term lab/microtask studies limit direct comparability and long-run inference.
Meta-observation from the review: documented methodological limitations across the literature (variation in models, tasks, metrics; prevalence of short-term studies).
high mixed ChatGPT as a Tool for Programming Assistance and Code Develo... generalizability and comparability of empirical findings (study heterogeneity)
Methodological caveats across the literature (heterogeneity of tasks/measures, publication bias, short-term studies) limit the generalizability of current findings.
Meta-level critique within the synthesis noting study heterogeneity, likely publication/short-term biases, and variable domain-specific performance dependent on user expertise and workflows.
high mixed ChatGPT as an Innovative Tool for Idea Generation and Proble... generalizability and external validity of LLM-assisted creativity findings
Standard productivity metrics are likely to undercount the value generated by AI-augmented ideation; quality-adjusted measures of creative output are required.
Measurement critique based on the mismatch between existing productivity statistics and the kinds of upstream idea-generation gains observed in empirical studies; supported by the review's methodological discussion.
high mixed ChatGPT as an Innovative Tool for Idea Generation and Proble... measured productivity vs. true quality-adjusted creative output
Realized value from AI methods (ML, predictive analytics, anomaly detection, XAI) is conditional: these technical methods deliver capabilities only when combined with strong data governance, standardized processes, and change management.
Thematic synthesis across the systematic review (2020–2025) showing repeated case-study and practitioner-report evidence that technical gains failed to scale without governance, process standardization, and organizational change efforts.
high mixed Integrating Artificial Intelligence and Enterprise Resource ... magnitude and durability of ERP-AI benefits (e.g., sustained accuracy gains, ado...
The hybrid estimator (GA+SQP) is computationally more intensive than single-stage MLE/local optimization, implying a trade-off between estimation reliability and runtime cost.
Reported runtime and computational cost comparisons in estimation experiments: the paper notes longer runtimes for GA+SQP versus standard optimizers while documenting improvements in objective values and convergence behavior.
high mixed k-QREM: Integrating Hierarchical Structures to Optimize Boun... computation time / runtime, convergence reliability
Results and implications are limited by the sample and context: evidence comes from law students on a single issue-spotting exam using one brief training intervention, so generalizability to experienced professionals, other tasks, or other models is untested.
Authors’ reported sample (164 law students) and explicit caution about generalizability in the study summary; the intervention and outcome are specific to one exam and one ~10-minute training.
high mixed Training for Technology: Adoption and Productive Use of Gene... Generalizability/applicability to other populations and tasks
Some mechanism-specific estimates are imprecise due to the sample size; confidence intervals for those estimates are wide.
Authors report wide confidence intervals for mechanism decomposition (principal stratification) results based on the randomized sample of 164 students.
high mixed Training for Technology: Adoption and Productive Use of Gene... Precision of mechanism estimates (confidence interval width for adoption vs prod...
HCI research explores how people rely on AI advice, but it largely overlooks replicating realistic decision-making scenarios.
Finding from the paper's analytical review examining decision-making tasks used in prior HCI studies and assessing their validity relative to application-grounded contexts.
high negative Do People Appropriately Rely on AI-Advice? An Analytical Rev... ecological validity / realism of decision-making tasks used in HCI studies
Recent empirical studies show critical concerns that people over-rely on AI advice without analytically engaging with it.
Summary claim based on the paper's analytical review of recent empirical studies in the human-AI reliance literature (number of studies not specified in abstract).
high negative Do People Appropriately Rely on AI-Advice? An Analytical Rev... people's reliance on AI advice and level of analytical engagement
Overall, LLM assistance did not produce measurable advantages for human-supervised verification and was associated with reduced detection of major errors, meaning expert human judgment remains indispensable for reliable empirical verification.
Synthesis of experimental findings comparing human-only, AI-assisted, and AI-led conditions; summary concludes no measurable advantages for AI-assistance and reduced major-error detection, and emphasizes continued importance of human expertise.
high negative AI-assisted teams outperform AI-led teams but not human-only... effect_of_AI_assistance_on_verification_quality
AI-led teams detected fewer errors across all categories than human or AI-assisted teams.
Reported error-detection comparisons across experimental conditions; summary states AI-led teams detected fewer errors across all categories.
high negative AI-assisted teams outperform AI-led teams but not human-only... error_detection_rate_all_categories
AI-led (autonomous ChatGPT with minimal human oversight) teams achieved only a 37% reproduction rate.
Reported reproduction outcome for AI-led condition in randomized experiment; summary gives 37% reproduction rate for autonomous AI teams.
high negative AI-assisted teams outperform AI-led teams but not human-only... reproduction_rate
Verifying results of published social sciences research is expensive, costing hundreds of dollars per study.
Authors' statement in paper background/intro summarizing prior evidence or cost estimates for computational reproducibility efforts; no specific cost study or sample size reported in the provided summary.
high negative AI-assisted teams outperform AI-led teams but not human-only... cost_per_reproducibility
Dimensional diagnosis identified that 69% of hallucination failures were prompt-induced interpretation errors—these were invisible in aggregate scoring.
Result from the paper's sales-intelligence case study reporting failure-mode breakdown (percentage reported: 69%).
high negative EvalLoop: A Methodology for Evaluation-Driven Iterative Impr... proportion of hallucination failures attributable to prompt-induced interpretati...
AI has caused a decrease in the labor share of income.
Estimated impacts reported in paper indicate a decline in labor share associated with higher AI exposure; stated as a result of the analysis.
high negative AI, Output, and Employment labor share of income
Naively persisting entire conversation histories is token-inefficient and counterproductive because irrelevant context degrades generation quality.
Argumentation in the paper supported by empirical finding that full-history persistence reduced task completion; also conceptual token-efficiency rationale.
high negative Shared Selective Persistent Memory for Agentic LLM Systems output generation quality / token efficiency
Naive full-history persistence actively degrades task completion (by biasing the agent with stale traces) compared to no memory and selective memory.
Empirical comparison reported in the paper showing full-history persistence produced 71% completion vs. 79% for no memory and 96% for selective memory; rationale given that stale reasoning traces bias agents.
high negative Shared Selective Persistent Memory for Agentic LLM Systems task completion rate
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.
high negative Two-player Alternate Uses Test: A Controlled Testbed for Int... originality
The results caution against using one LLM-generated skill per data-science workflow as a default single-shot prompting strategy.
Authors' interpretation and recommendation based on the null-findings from the ablation and control experiments.
high negative Do LLM-Generated Skills Make Better AI Data Scientists? A Co... suitability of single-shot generated skill as default prompting strategy
These factors (surveillance anxiety, loss of autonomy, deskilling) negatively affect worker well-being and contribute to turnover.
Secondary data literature review of peer-reviewed research and industry evidence published 2022–2026 (method: secondary data review / synthesis). The paper synthesizes prior empirical and theoretical studies but does not report an original sample size.
high negative Redefining warehouse workforce competencies and roles throug... worker well-being and turnover
Automation and algorithmic systems introduce risks of deskilling that affect workers' capabilities.
Secondary data literature review of peer-reviewed research and industry evidence published 2022–2026 (method: secondary data review / synthesis). No primary sample size stated.
high negative Redefining warehouse workforce competencies and roles throug... deskilling / loss of skills
Algorithmic management reduces worker autonomy (loss of autonomy) in warehouse settings.
Secondary data literature review of peer-reviewed research and industry evidence published 2022–2026 (method: secondary data review / synthesis). Sample sizes not reported in this paper.
high negative Redefining warehouse workforce competencies and roles throug... worker autonomy under algorithmic management
Algorithmic management in automated logistics generates surveillance anxiety among workers.
Secondary data literature review of peer-reviewed research and industry evidence published 2022–2026 (method: secondary data review / synthesis). No sample size given.
high negative Redefining warehouse workforce competencies and roles throug... surveillance anxiety / worker psychological response to algorithmic management
AI use can reduce visibility of real skill differences among employees.
Reported findings from performance management and knowledge-work studies indicating that AI-mediated outputs can obscure underlying employee skill variation.
high negative What AI Cannot Learn: A Cognitive Science Perspective on Hum... visibility of employee skill differences
Use of AI can produce over-reliance on AI recommendations, reducing active human judgment and accountability.
Cited empirical observations and prior literature on automation bias and AI-supported decision processes in organizational settings.
high negative What AI Cannot Learn: A Cognitive Science Perspective on Hum... degree of human engagement/accountability in decisions
AI systems miss contextual information that humans use to make better decisions.
Examples and studies cited from hiring, performance management, healthcare, and knowledge work demonstrating omissions of context by AI tools.
high negative What AI Cannot Learn: A Cognitive Science Perspective on Hum... contextual completeness of decision inputs
Empirical studies of AI use show recurring problems including mistakes in unusual cases.
Cited recent studies across domains (hiring, performance management, healthcare, knowledge work) reporting AI errors on atypical or edge-case instances.
high negative What AI Cannot Learn: A Cognitive Science Perspective on Hum... frequency of errors on unusual cases
Human judgment rooted in experience cannot be fully replaced by current AI systems.
Argument based on literature synthesis drawing on cognitive science, neuroscience, and organizational studies; supported by cited recent empirical studies of AI use in hiring, performance management, healthcare, and knowledge work (no single new experiment reported).
high negative What AI Cannot Learn: A Cognitive Science Perspective on Hum... ability of AI to substitute for human judgment
The study highlights the limited integration of GenAI in the choice phase of organizational decision-making.
Analysis of task-to-component mappings from the 68 reviewed studies showing relatively fewer GenAI applications mapped to the 'choice' component compared to other components.
high negative Rethinking organizational decision-making: The emerging role... extent of GenAI integration in the choice phase
Our findings reveal a fragmented application landscape for GenAI in organizational decision-making.
Synthesis of the 68 reviewed publications showing diverse, heterogeneous uses of GenAI across tasks and categories; authors describe the landscape as fragmented.
high negative Rethinking organizational decision-making: The emerging role... degree of fragmentation/heterogeneity in application of GenAI
Repository-mining studies measure surface trends but seldom explain the mechanisms beneath them, and the trends themselves prove unstable.
Critical observation by the authors supported by their own GitHub observational analysis showing sensitivity of trends to analysis choices; presented as an interpretive claim in the paper.
high negative 3100 Opinions on Code Review in an AI World: Building Causal... explanatory power and stability of repository-mining findings
Agent-authored pull requests are discussed less than human-authored ones.
Observational analysis of public GitHub activity reported in the paper (no sample size reported in abstract); comparison of discussion volume/length for agent- vs human-authored PRs.
high negative 3100 Opinions on Code Review in an AI World: Building Causal... discussion volume in pull request threads
Agent-authored pull requests are reviewed less often than human-authored ones.
Observational analysis of public GitHub activity reported in the paper (no sample size reported in abstract); comparison between agent-authored and human-authored pull requests.
high negative 3100 Opinions on Code Review in an AI World: Building Causal... review frequency
ABS adoption negatively affects high-status batters' BB/K (walks-to-strikeouts ratio) relative to low-status batters.
Difference-in-differences linear regressions using KBO 2023 and 2024 season data for batters (n = 148); BB/K listed among impacted outcomes.
high negative Technology adoption and bias in officiating: automated Ball-... BB/K (walks-to-strikeouts ratio)
ABS adoption negatively affects high-status batters' strikeout rate (SO%) relative to low-status batters.
Difference-in-differences linear regressions using KBO 2023 and 2024 season data for batters (n = 148); SO% reported among affected metrics.
high negative Technology adoption and bias in officiating: automated Ball-... SO% (strikeout rate)
ABS adoption negatively affects high-status batters' walk rate (BB%) relative to low-status batters.
Difference-in-differences linear regressions using KBO 2023 and 2024 season data for batters (n = 148); BB% listed among impacted outcomes.
high negative Technology adoption and bias in officiating: automated Ball-... BB% (walk rate)
ABS adoption negatively affects high-status batters' IsoD relative to low-status batters.
Difference-in-differences linear regressions using KBO 2023 and 2024 season data for batters (n = 148); IsoD reported among affected metrics.
high negative Technology adoption and bias in officiating: automated Ball-... IsoD
ABS adoption negatively affects high-status batters' on-base percentage (OBP) relative to low-status batters.
Difference-in-differences linear regressions using KBO 2023 and 2024 season data for batters (n = 148).
high negative Technology adoption and bias in officiating: automated Ball-... On-Base Percentage (OBP)
A conceptual model of the AI productivity paradox is proposed to explain underlying causes of efficiency loss and formalize the role of micro-mechanisms in slowing macroeconomic growth.
Theoretical model development drawing on empirical BLS trend analysis and micro-level case evidence; presented as an explanatory framework in the paper.
high negative Analysis of labor productivity in the context of technologic... conceptual explanation of causes of efficiency loss under systemic AI
Key micro-mechanisms underlying the labor productivity paradox under AI are: task expansion, blurring of boundaries between work and non-work time, intensification of multitasking, and accumulation of 'AI debt' by organizations.
Identification and systematization based on theoretical development and analysis of corporate cases and empirical reports.
high negative Analysis of labor productivity in the context of technologic... micro-mechanisms causing reduced translation of AI gains into aggregate producti...