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Evidence (2066 claims)

Adoption
8570 claims
Productivity
7631 claims
Governance
6869 claims
Human-AI Collaboration
6491 claims
Org Design
4175 claims
Innovation
4114 claims
Labor Markets
3566 claims
Skills & Training
2966 claims
Inequality
2066 claims

Evidence Matrix

Claim counts by outcome category and direction of finding.

Outcome Positive Negative Mixed Null Total
Other 758 199 100 900 2007
Governance & Regulation 826 400 191 122 1563
Organizational Efficiency 777 193 124 84 1189
Technology Adoption Rate 635 233 124 97 1098
Research Productivity 422 128 57 336 954
Output Quality 476 179 59 47 761
Decision Quality 328 177 81 47 640
Firm Productivity 435 57 88 20 606
AI Safety & Ethics 218 277 65 33 599
Market Structure 180 170 123 24 502
Task Allocation 213 64 72 33 387
Skill Acquisition 170 61 61 17 309
Innovation Output 203 27 43 18 292
Employment Level 105 54 107 13 281
Fiscal & Macroeconomic 131 69 43 26 276
Consumer Welfare 117 63 42 11 233
Firm Revenue 153 48 26 3 230
Task Completion Time 173 31 8 12 225
Inequality Measures 44 122 49 6 221
Worker Satisfaction 89 65 22 12 188
Error Rate 69 92 10 2 173
Regulatory Compliance 77 69 14 5 165
Automation Exposure 56 56 26 13 154
Training Effectiveness 94 21 13 19 149
Wages & Compensation 77 36 25 6 144
Team Performance 86 17 27 10 141
Developer Productivity 95 17 14 6 133
Job Displacement 12 80 20 1 113
Hiring & Recruitment 52 7 8 3 70
Creative Output 31 18 8 3 61
Skill Obsolescence 5 46 6 1 58
Social Protection 27 16 8 2 53
Labor Share of Income 17 19 17 53
Worker Turnover 11 12 3 26
Industry 1 1
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The concept of 'shadow demographics' describes a growing algorithmic population that expands in parallel with the stagnation or decline of the human population.
Conceptual definition and theorised dynamics in the paper; no empirical counts or longitudinal measurements of algorithmic population provided.
high positive DIGITAL AGENTS AS FUNCTIONAL EQUIVALENTS OF ECONOMIC ACTORS:... relative size/trend of algorithmic population vs human population
The expanding role of digital agents in production and market processes creates the preconditions for a gradual decoupling of demographic dynamics from economic growth.
Argumentative/theoretical exposition in the paper; no empirical panel or cross-country time-series evidence reported in the text provided.
high positive DIGITAL AGENTS AS FUNCTIONAL EQUIVALENTS OF ECONOMIC ACTORS:... degree of coupling between demographic dynamics and economic growth
AI-based digital agents can be interpreted as functional equivalents of economic actors.
Theoretical and conceptual argument presented in the paper (conceptual interpretation; no empirical sample or quantitative validation reported).
high positive DIGITAL AGENTS AS FUNCTIONAL EQUIVALENTS OF ECONOMIC ACTORS:... status/role of digital agents as economic actors
The paper ends with strategic suggestions to foster inclusive growth and orchestrate disruption, contributing evidence-based insights to the future of work in Africa.
Description of the paper's conclusions/recommendations drawn from its systematic review; represents the paper's stated contribution rather than an empirical claim about external data.
high positive The Impact of AI-Driven Automation on Semi and Unskilled Wor... policy recommendations and strategic guidance for inclusive growth and managed d...
The technologies are capable of raising productivity.
Synthesis from the paper's systematic review indicating productivity gains associated with AI/automation in the literature; no quantified meta‑analytic estimate provided in the summary.
high positive The Impact of AI-Driven Automation on Semi and Unskilled Wor... productivity increases associated with AI adoption
Policy frameworks, reskilling initiatives, and institutional adaptations are required to ensure inclusive technological progress.
Prescriptive conclusion presented in abstract based on the review and synthesis; no empirical validation or sample sizes provided in abstract.
high positive AI and the Transformation of Human Employment: Challenges, O... effectiveness of policy and reskilling to ensure inclusion
AI simultaneously generates demand for higher-order problem solving, emotional intelligence, and human-AI collaboration skills.
Explicit finding reported in abstract from the review of interdisciplinary literature; no quantified effect sizes or sample sizes provided in abstract.
high positive AI and the Transformation of Human Employment: Challenges, O... demand for higher-order skills / skill acquisition requirements
To manage AI legibility, creators perform four recurring forms of invisible authenticity labor: epistemic verification, linguistic naturalization, narrative restructuring, and performative embodiment.
Authors identify and name four recurrent practices from coding and analysis of 16 in-depth interviews with creators on Xiaohongshu and Douyin describing specific downstream repair and performance work.
high positive AI passing and invisible authenticity labor: trust vulnerabi... types of labor performed to conceal/humanize AI outputs
Creators engage in 'AI passing': strategic efforts to conceal and humanize AI-assisted drafts so that outputs plausibly appear human-authored.
Concept introduced based on analysis of 16 in-depth interviews with creators on Xiaohongshu and Douyin describing tactics to hide AI involvement and present content as human-authored.
high positive AI passing and invisible authenticity labor: trust vulnerabi... use of concealment/humanization strategies for AI outputs
Effective governance requires coordinated action across technical, organizational, and regulatory domains (e.g., system-level audits, vendor guidelines, continuous monitoring, documentation across dependency chains) to establish meaningful accountability in distributed development environments.
Policy and technical recommendations derived from literature review, regulatory analysis, and the paper's conceptual findings (recommendation, not empirically validated).
high positive How Supply Chain Dependencies Complicate Bias Measurement an... effectiveness of governance measures in producing meaningful accountability for ...
Expert validation established strong relevance and practical utility for the framework, with a mean score of 4.6/5.
Structured validation exercise with five domain experts in AI ethics, corporate governance, and fintech regulation; paper reports the mean validation score as 4.6/5.
high positive Corporate-Governance-Driven Algorithmic Fairness in SME Fint... perceived relevance and practical utility of the framework (expert validation sc...
Analysis revealed four foundational governance pillars: Accountability, Transparency, Fairness, and Compliance.
Theme extraction from the SLR of 45 peer-reviewed publications (2022-2025) reported in the paper; these four pillars are presented as the core components of the proposed framework.
high positive Corporate-Governance-Driven Algorithmic Fairness in SME Fint... identification of governance pillars for algorithmic fairness
The study develops and validates an integrated conceptual framework that incorporates corporate governance principles with mechanisms for algorithmic fairness to foster ethical outcomes in SME fintech lending.
Two-phase research approach described in paper: (1) systematic literature review (45 peer-reviewed publications, 2022-2025) and (2) structured validation with five domain experts in AI ethics, corporate governance, and fintech regulation.
high positive Corporate-Governance-Driven Algorithmic Fairness in SME Fint... existence and validated relevance of an integrated governance-fairness framework
AI-driven credit assessment platforms promise greater efficiency in fintech lending.
Statement in paper (conceptual claim); supported by related literature cited in the SLR of 45 papers but no empirical efficiency metric reported in this paper.
high positive Corporate-Governance-Driven Algorithmic Fairness in SME Fint... efficiency of credit assessment processes
The rapid growth of fintech lending has reshaped financial access for SMEs through AI-driven credit assessment platforms.
Assertion in paper's background; positioned as established context for study (no specific empirical estimate given). The paper's SLR (45 peer-reviewed publications, 2022-2025) is presented as the literature basis for context.
high positive Corporate-Governance-Driven Algorithmic Fairness in SME Fint... financial access for SMEs
The gender gap in autonomy narrows as robot exposure increases.
EWCTS 2021 merged with IFR robot exposure at the country–industry level; weighted logit regressions with controls, country and industry fixed effects, and gender × robot-exposure interaction terms showing reduced gender differences in autonomy with higher robot exposure.
high positive Gendered Effects of Robotisation on Job Quality autonomy (job-quality dimension)
Robotisation is associated with lower physical risks for both genders.
EWCTS 2021 individual data combined with IFR-based country–industry robot exposure; estimated via weighted logit models with controls and country and industry fixed effects, including gender interaction terms to test heterogeneity.
high positive Gendered Effects of Robotisation on Job Quality physical risks (job-quality dimension)
Adopting the proposed co-evolutionary governance framing enables a charter of coexistence that permits bounded AI development while preserving human dignity, contestability, collective safety, and fair distribution of gains.
Normative claim extrapolated from the theoretical framework and ethical argumentation; no empirical or quantitative validation provided.
high positive A Co-Evolutionary Theory of Human-AI Coexistence: Mutualism,... feasibility of preserving dignity, contestability, safety, and fair distribution...
Human-AI coexistence should be designed as a co-evolutionary governance problem rather than as a one-shot obedience problem.
Normative argument supported by the theoretical model and interdisciplinary synthesis; prescriptive conclusion, not empirically tested.
high positive A Co-Evolutionary Theory of Human-AI Coexistence: Mutualism,... recommended design paradigm for human-AI relations
Reciprocal complementarity between humans and AI can strengthen stable coexistence.
Model analysis showing how reciprocal complementarity affects stability properties of equilibria in the formalized dynamical system; theoretical result rather than empirical test.
high positive A Co-Evolutionary Theory of Human-AI Coexistence: Mutualism,... stability of human-AI coexistence equilibria
The proposed coexistence model yields conditions for existence, uniqueness, and global asymptotic stability of equilibria.
Analytical/mathematical results from the formal model presented in the paper (proofs/derivations claimed); no empirical validation sample.
high positive A Co-Evolutionary Theory of Human-AI Coexistence: Mutualism,... existence, uniqueness, and global asymptotic stability of equilibria in the mode...
Human-AI coexistence can be formalized as a multiplex dynamical system across physical, psychological, and social layers with reciprocal supply-demand coupling, conflict penalties, developmental freedom, and governance regularization.
Formal modeling work presented in the paper (mathematical formulation of a multiplex dynamical system); no empirical sample.
high positive A Co-Evolutionary Theory of Human-AI Coexistence: Mutualism,... formalizability of human-AI coexistence as a multiplex dynamical system
A better framework for human-AI relations is 'conditional mutualism under governance': a co-evolutionary relationship where humans and AI develop, specialize, and coordinate while institutions ensure the relationship is reciprocal, reversible, psychologically safe, and socially legitimate.
Theoretical proposal and normative argument supported by interdisciplinary synthesis (computability, machine learning, HRI, ecological mutualism, governance); no empirical trials reported.
high positive A Co-Evolutionary Theory of Human-AI Coexistence: Mutualism,... suitability of conditional mutualism as normative framework for human-AI relatio...
Contemporary AI systems are increasingly adaptive, generative, embodied, and embedded in physical, psychological, and social worlds.
Synthesis of recent work across ML, deep learning, transformers, generative/foundation models, world models, and embodied AI; descriptive claim, no empirical sample provided.
high positive A Co-Evolutionary Theory of Human-AI Coexistence: Mutualism,... technological characteristics of contemporary AI systems
When firms adopt AI as an augmentative tool rather than a replacement mechanism, it can raise worker productivity and contribute to job creation.
Literature review citing empirical examples and studies of AI augmentation that increased productivity and produced new job roles (empirical studies summarized).
high positive From Technological Substitution to Institutional Response: A... worker productivity and job creation
Combining insights from multiple disciplines, the review contributes to broader discussions on creating AI-enabled work environments that are both innovative and gender-inclusive.
Stated as the paper's contribution and framing in the abstract; based on the paper's described interdisciplinary literature synthesis rather than new empirical findings.
high positive Artificial Intelligence and GenderedEmployment: Reviewing Op... scholarly contribution to discourse on inclusive technological transformation
Practical recommendations that improve gender-inclusive outcomes include reskilling, mentorship programs, bias-aware AI deployment, and inclusive organizational design.
Recommendations synthesized from the reviewed literature and policy analyses; the abstract does not indicate rigorous causal evaluations or quantification of the effectiveness of these interventions within the paper.
high positive Artificial Intelligence and GenderedEmployment: Reviewing Op... effectiveness of interventions (reskilling, mentorship, bias-aware AI, inclusive...
There exist successful initiatives, organizational strategies, and policy interventions that have enhanced women’s inclusion, career progression, and representation in emerging tech roles.
Paper reports examples from the reviewed literature and policy analyses that are characterized as 'successful initiatives'; the abstract does not list specific programs, evaluation designs, or sample sizes.
high positive Artificial Intelligence and GenderedEmployment: Reviewing Op... women's inclusion, career progression, and representation in tech roles
The sustainability of the algorithmic state rests on a movement from technocratic secrecy to value-based transparency to ensure AI- and human collaboration is founded on institutional accountability and algorithmic justice.
Authorial conclusion from the systematic review synthesis (2018-2026) advocating a policy/practice shift; presented as normative policy recommendation rather than quantified empirical finding.
high positive Artificial Intelligence, Public Policy and Governance - impl... sustainability of algorithmic/state governance (accountability and algorithmic j...
Empirical evidence shows great gains in efficiency in fiscal forecasting.
Empirical studies included in the PRISMA-guided review (2018-2026) reporting improved fiscal forecasting outcomes; no quantitative effect sizes provided in abstract.
high positive Artificial Intelligence, Public Policy and Governance - impl... accuracy/efficiency of fiscal forecasting
Empirical evidence shows great gains in efficiency at routinised administrative tasks.
Empirical studies reported in the systematic review (2018-2026); the abstract claims empirical evidence of efficiency gains but does not report specific study counts, sample sizes, or effect magnitudes.
high positive Artificial Intelligence, Public Policy and Governance - impl... efficiency in routinised administrative tasks
Countries around the world are rushing to encourage greater investment and growth in their domestic AI industries.
Statement/observation presented in the paper's introduction; based on the paper's descriptive overview of global policy activity (literature review / policy survey implied). No sample size reported.
high positive Fighting for Democracy Amid the AI Race: Designing Tech In... government encouragement of AI investment and growth
When unfairness is driven by uncertainty (rather than incidental noise), accounting for uncertainty is essential to achieving fair and effective decision-making.
Synthesis/argument based on formalization and simulation experiments showing cases where uncertainty causes unfair outcomes and methods that account for uncertainty mitigate those outcomes.
high positive Fairness under uncertainty in sequential decisions fairness and effectiveness of decision-making when uncertainty is accounted for
The proposed framework can help practitioners diagnose, audit, and govern fairness risks in socio-technical decision systems.
Authors propose a diagnostic/audit/governance framework (conceptual contribution) and illustrate its use through examples and simulations; no field deployment evidence provided in the abstract.
high positive Fairness under uncertainty in sequential decisions practitioner ability to diagnose/audit/govern fairness risks
Algorithmic examples in the paper demonstrate it is possible to reduce outcome variance for disadvantaged groups while preserving institutional objectives such as expected utility.
Algorithmic examples and simulation experiments reported in the paper demonstrating reductions in outcome variance for disadvantaged groups together with preserved expected utility (results from synthetic/simulated data and model runs).
high positive Fairness under uncertainty in sequential decisions outcome variance for disadvantaged groups; expected utility (institutional objec...
The authors formalize model and feedback uncertainty using counterfactual logic and reinforcement learning.
Paper describes formalization/mathematical definitions linking counterfactual logic and reinforcement learning to model and feedback uncertainty (theoretical/methodological contribution).
high positive Fairness under uncertainty in sequential decisions formalization of uncertainty types
This paper introduces a taxonomy of uncertainty in sequential decision-making consisting of three types: model uncertainty, feedback uncertainty, and prediction uncertainty.
Paper presents a conceptual taxonomy and names the three uncertainty types in the text/abstract; theoretical exposition in the methods/definitions sections (no external empirical sample required).
high positive Fairness under uncertainty in sequential decisions categories of uncertainty in sequential decision-making
Effective governance of AI as a dual-use technology will likely require a multilateral institutional architecture functionally analogous (though not identical) to the role performed by the IAEA in the nuclear domain, with explicit safeguards against co-option of hardware controls for domestic repression.
Normative institutional design argument and analogy to the IAEA presented in the paper (policy proposal; comparative institutional analysis).
high positive The Open-Weight Paradox: Why Restricting Access to AI Models... need for multilateral institutional governance to manage dual-use AI
Hardware-layer governance, including chip-level attestation mechanisms such as FlexHEG, trusted execution environments, confidential computing, and complementary software-layer safeguards, offers a defense-in-depth alternative to the current binary framing of openness vs restriction.
Proposed governance architecture and technical discussion in the paper citing concrete mechanisms (technical-proposal and conceptual analysis; no experimental or deployment data reported in the summary).
high positive The Open-Weight Paradox: Why Restricting Access to AI Models... effectiveness of hardware-plus-software safeguards as an alternative governance ...
The global concentration of compute infrastructure makes open-weight models one of the most viable pathways to sovereign AI capacity in the Global South.
Analysis of global compute infrastructure concentration and pathway mapping in the paper (conceptual/structural analysis; no numerical sample provided in the summary).
high positive The Open-Weight Paradox: Why Restricting Access to AI Models... pathways to sovereign AI capacity (access/adoption of open-weight models)
This work provides a replicable methodology for auditing institutional ML systems and highlights the importance of evaluating construct validity alongside statistical fairness.
Paper presents the ASP-HEI Cycle-informed replica-based audit method and argues for assessing construct validity in addition to statistical fairness metrics.
high positive Fairness Audits of Institutional Risk Models in Deployed ML ... availability/replicability of audit methodology and emphasis on construct validi...
We evaluate disparities by gender, age, and residency status across the full pipeline (training data, model predictions, and post-processing) using standard fairness metrics.
Paper reports conducting evaluation across the full ML pipeline using standard fairness metrics disaggregated by gender, age, and residency status.
high positive Fairness Audits of Institutional Risk Models in Deployed ML ... fairness metrics (disparities) across pipeline stages
We present a replica-based audit of a deployed Early Warning System (EWS), replicating its model using institutional training data and design specifications.
Statement in paper describing a replica-based audit using Centennial College's institutional training data and the system's design specifications; multi-year collaboration and prior ethnographic work informing approach.
high positive Fairness Audits of Institutional Risk Models in Deployed ML ... successful replication of the deployed EWS
In the AI era, digital sovereignty is more plausibly pursued through institutionally governed interdependence than through technological autonomy.
Normative/conclusive argument presented by the paper (theoretical recommendation). This is an argumentative conclusion rather than an empirically demonstrated finding in the provided text.
high positive Digital Sovereignty in the Global Cognitive-Informational Or... preferred strategy for pursuing digital sovereignty (governed interdependence vs...
The sovereign SLM+RAG configuration is discussed as one possible operational pathway through which the Governance Membrane architecture may be instantiated in contexts where embedded-mode governance is feasible.
Specific implementation pathway proposed/discussed by the authors (design suggestion). No empirical testing or sample information provided in the supplied text.
high positive Digital Sovereignty in the Global Cognitive-Informational Or... feasibility and instantiation of an SLM+RAG sovereign configuration for embedded...
As a secondary, design-oriented contribution, the paper proposes the Governance Membrane as a reference architecture for operationalizing the Governed Interdependence paradigm, and introduces the Normative Compliance Model, the Infrastructure Status Index, and the Cognitive Dependence Index as complementary instruments for normative alignment and governance calibration.
Design-oriented conceptual proposal described in the paper (framework/instrument design). No empirical evaluation or sample details reported in the provided text.
high positive Digital Sovereignty in the Global Cognitive-Informational Or... existence of reference architecture and governance instruments for aligning and ...
The paper develops the Governed Interdependence paradigm, which reconceptualizes digital sovereignty as the institutional capacity to govern structured participation in globally distributed AI infrastructures rather than to achieve full technological autonomy.
Primary theoretical contribution described in the paper (conceptual/model development). This is a proposed framework introduced by the authors rather than an empirically validated result.
high positive Digital Sovereignty in the Global Cognitive-Informational Or... conceptualization of digital sovereignty and institutional governance capacity
Given historical inequities in housing placement, it is crucial to audit LLM use in this context.
Authors' policy/recommendation motivated by historical inequities in housing placement and their empirical audit findings; presented as an argument in the report rather than a quantified experimental result.
high positive Auditing LLMs for Algorithmic Fairness in Casenote-Augmented... need for auditing LLMs (policy recommendation)
Leveraging LLMs to augment tabular classification with casenote summaries can safely incorporate additional text information with low implementation burden.
Authors' reported experiments and practical assessment on augmenting tabular classifiers with LLM-derived casenote summaries from a nonprofit outreach dataset; described as having low implementation burden and being safe to use. (No sample size given in abstract.)
high positive Auditing LLMs for Algorithmic Fairness in Casenote-Augmented... feasibility/safety of augmenting tabular models with LLM casenote summaries; imp...
A fine-tuned model augmented with casenote summaries can improve accuracy while reducing algorithmic fairness disparities on the housing placement multi-class classification task.
Empirical audit of LLM-based tabular classification on a real housing placement prediction task augmented with street outreach casenotes from a nonprofit partner; authors report multi-class classification experiments comparing fine-tuned models with and without casenote summaries and auditing error disparities across groups. (Sample size not stated in the abstract.)
high positive Auditing LLMs for Algorithmic Fairness in Casenote-Augmented... multi-class classification accuracy; classification error disparities across dem...