The Commonplace
Home Dashboard Papers Evidence Syntheses Digests 🎲

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
Clear
Inequality Remove filter
These systems are now being widely used to produce software, conduct business activities, and automate everyday personal tasks.
Authors' statement describing observed applications and uses (policy/legal analysis; specific empirical data or sample size not provided in excerpt).
high positive Regulating AI Agents use of AI agents across software production, business processes, and personal ta...
AI agents have entered the mainstream.
Authors' declarative statement based on their review of recent developments and observed uptake (policy/legal analysis in the paper). No empirical sample size reported in excerpt.
high positive Regulating AI Agents AI agent adoption / prevalence
Those extended-model equilibria also show increasing concentration consistent with power-law-like distributions (i.e., winner-take-most / superstar effects).
Theoretical model combining quality heterogeneity and reinforcement dynamics that yields equilibrium distributions with heavy tails; argument and formalization presented in the paper; no empirical testing reported.
high positive The Economics of Builder Saturation in Digital Markets market concentration / distribution of returns (power-law-like)
Even as the number of producers increases and average attention per producer falls, total output expands (production scales elastically).
Same formal theoretical model (analytical result): production scales elastically in the model despite finite attention; no empirical validation provided.
high positive The Economics of Builder Saturation in Digital Markets total market output
By enabling developers without initial capital to participate in the digital economy, RSI could unlock the 'latent jobs dividend' in low-income countries and help address local challenges in health, agriculture, and services.
Societal-impact argument in the paper linking the RSI model to potential employment gains and localized solutions; speculative extrapolation, no empirical employment estimates or pilot studies reported.
high positive Revenue-Sharing as Infrastructure: A Distributed Business Mo... job creation / participation in digital economy
The RSI model could stimulate innovation in the ecosystem.
Argument based on lowered financial barriers and incentive structures from the paper's theoretical comparative analysis; no empirical measures of innovation provided.
high positive Revenue-Sharing as Infrastructure: A Distributed Business Mo... innovation in the developer/platform ecosystem
The RSI model aligns stakeholder interests (platforms and developers).
Theoretical argument and incentive-alignment reasoning in the paper's comparative framework; no empirical validation presented.
high positive Revenue-Sharing as Infrastructure: A Distributed Business Mo... alignment of stakeholder incentives
A comparative analysis in the paper shows that the RSI model lowers entry barriers for developers.
Detailed comparative (theoretical) analysis within the paper contrasting existing models and RSI; no empirical trial, sample, or randomized test reported.
high positive Revenue-Sharing as Infrastructure: A Distributed Business Mo... entry barriers for developers
Generative AI platforms (Google AI Studio, OpenAI, Anthropic) provide infrastructures (APIs, models) that are transforming the application development ecosystem.
Statement in paper based on literature review and descriptive framing of current platforms; no empirical sample or quantitative test reported.
high positive Revenue-Sharing as Infrastructure: A Distributed Business Mo... availability of AI infrastructure / transformation of development ecosystem
The study recommends establishing more accessible AI systems for decision-making, improving digital literacy programmes through regulatory support, and creating special resources for communities that lack essential services.
Authors' policy/research recommendations derived from the study's mixed-methods findings.
high positive The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Financial Inclusion... policy recommendations (proposed interventions, not empirically tested in the pa...
AI functions as an essential instrument for advancing financial inclusion in Zimbabwe by enhancing banking access, operational efficiency, and the security of banking services.
Synthesis of mixed-methods findings (survey n=293; interviews n=12) indicating improvements in access, efficiency, and security associated with AI use in banks.
high positive The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Financial Inclusion... financial inclusion / banking access and operational efficiency
Anomaly detection systems had the most significant impact on financial outcomes, explaining 62.3% of the outcome differences produced by AI technologies.
Quantitative analysis reported in the paper (presumably regression/variance decomposition) based on the survey data (n=293) showing anomaly detection explains 62.3% of variance in the measured financial outcome.
high positive The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Financial Inclusion... financial outcomes (differences attributed to AI technologies)
Organisations strongly supported AI systems for decision-making and fraud detection.
Survey responses and/or summary statistics from the questionnaire (n=293) indicating organisational support for AI in decision-making and fraud detection.
high positive The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Financial Inclusion... organisational support for AI in decision-making and fraud detection
AI enables loan processing and makes financial products more accessible through three main functions: usability, safety in transactions, and financial literacy training.
Findings reported from the study's mixed-methods analysis (survey n=293 and interviews n=12) describing perceived AI functions in banking.
high positive The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Financial Inclusion... accessibility of financial products / loan processing capability
Policy must shift from simply promoting technology to proactively shaping the regulatory and infrastructural ecosystems that govern AI deployment to ensure a just transition.
Policy recommendation based on study’s empirical findings about conditionality and heterogeneity of AI effects; prescriptive statement by authors.
high positive Artificial intelligence adoption for advancing energy justic... policy approach (regulatory and infrastructural shaping)
AI markedly improves recognition justice.
Dimension-level analysis of the energy justice index showing significant positive effects of AI on recognition justice component.
high positive Artificial intelligence adoption for advancing energy justic... recognition justice component of energy justice index
AI markedly improves procedural justice.
Dimension-level analysis of the multidimensional energy justice index indicating significant positive effects of AI on procedural justice component.
high positive Artificial intelligence adoption for advancing energy justic... procedural justice component of energy justice index
The benefits of AI for energy justice are concentrated in China’s advanced eastern region.
Spatial heterogeneity analysis reported in the paper showing stronger positive effects in the eastern region compared to other regions.
high positive Artificial intelligence adoption for advancing energy justic... energy justice index (regional heterogeneity: eastern vs other regions)
The positive effect of AI on energy justice is amplified by better digital infrastructure.
Heterogeneity/interaction analysis reported in the paper showing larger AI effects where digital infrastructure is stronger.
high positive Artificial intelligence adoption for advancing energy justic... energy justice index (interaction: AI × digital infrastructure)
The positive effect of AI on energy justice is amplified by stricter environmental regulations.
Heterogeneity/interaction analysis reported in the paper showing stronger AI effects in contexts with stricter environmental regulation.
high positive Artificial intelligence adoption for advancing energy justic... energy justice index (interaction: AI × environmental regulation)
AI’s positive effect on energy justice is mediated by reduced industrial density.
Mediation/pathway analysis reported in the paper identifying reductions in industrial density as a mechanism.
high positive Artificial intelligence adoption for advancing energy justic... energy justice index (mediated by industrial density)
AI’s positive effect on energy justice is mediated by higher energy prices.
Reported mediation/pathway results indicating higher energy prices are a channel for AI’s impact on the energy justice index.
high positive Artificial intelligence adoption for advancing energy justic... energy justice index (mediated by energy prices)
AI’s positive effect on energy justice is mediated by green innovation.
Mediation/pathway analysis in the paper identifies green innovation as a mechanism through which AI affects energy justice.
high positive Artificial intelligence adoption for advancing energy justic... energy justice index (mediated by green innovation)
AI’s positive effect on energy justice is mediated by improved energy efficiency.
Mediation/pathway analysis reported in paper identifying energy efficiency as one mechanism linking AI adoption to energy justice improvements.
high positive Artificial intelligence adoption for advancing energy justic... energy justice index (mediated by energy efficiency)
AI adoption significantly enhances overall energy justice.
Panel regression analysis using the constructed energy justice index as outcome; significance reported in findings (based on the stated empirical results across 30 provinces, 2008–2022).
high positive Artificial intelligence adoption for advancing energy justic... overall energy justice index
Given these findings, policymakers should favor 'strategic forbearance'—apply existing laws rather than create new regulations that could stifle innovation and diffusion of AI.
Authors' normative policy recommendation based on their interpretation of the reviewed empirical literature (risk–benefit assessment); this is a prescriptive conclusion rather than an empirical finding, so no sample size applies.
high positive AI, Productivity, and Labor Markets: A Review of the Empiric... regulatory approach to AI governance (strategy of forbearance vs. new regulation...
Generative AI lowers entry costs for startups, facilitating new firm entry and product development.
Cited empirical and descriptive evidence in the literature review indicating reduced development costs and faster product prototyping enabled by AI tools; the brief does not provide a pooled sample size or a single quantitative estimate.
high positive AI, Productivity, and Labor Markets: A Review of the Empiric... barriers to entry / startup costs and rate of new product development
Generative AI significantly boosts productivity in specific tasks like coding, writing, and customer service—often by 15% to 50%.
Synthesis/review of empirical literature through 2025 (multiple empirical studies of task-level impacts, including field and lab studies and observational analyses); the brief reports aggregate reported effect ranges but does not list a single pooled sample size.
high positive AI, Productivity, and Labor Markets: A Review of the Empiric... task-level productivity in coding, writing, and customer service
The study contributes to theory by empirically integrating technological, human, and institutional dimensions within a single architectural framework, moving beyond isolated analyses of digital credit.
Author-stated contribution based on combining measures of algorithmic credit systems, human capability, and institutional design and testing interactions in the same regression models.
high positive Architecting financial well-being in algorithmic credit syst... theoretical contribution / integrative framework
Moderation analysis reveals that higher levels of human capability and stronger institutional design amplify the positive effects of algorithmic credit systems and mitigate their adverse effects (i.e., they strengthen repayment and resilience effects and reduce financial stress).
Reported moderation analyses using interaction terms in the regression models on the 400-user cross-sectional sample; results described as significant moderation by human capability and institutional design.
high positive Architecting financial well-being in algorithmic credit syst... conditional effects on repayment behavior, financial resilience, and financial s...
Algorithmic credit systems are positively associated with financial resilience.
Regression analyses reported show a positive relationship between algorithmic credit system use and measures of financial resilience in the sample of 400 users.
Algorithmic credit systems are positively associated with repayment behavior.
Multiple regression results reported in the study indicate a positive association between use of algorithmic credit systems and repayment behavior based on cross-sectional survey of 400 users.
Measurement reliability and validity were established through Cronbach's alpha and principal component analysis.
Paper states that Cronbach’s alpha and principal component analysis (PCA) were used to establish measurement reliability and validity.
high positive Architecting financial well-being in algorithmic credit syst... measurement reliability/validity
The study used a quantitative, explanatory, cross-sectional design and employed multiple regression and moderation analyses to assess relationships among algorithmic credit systems, human capability, institutional design, and financial-wellbeing outcomes.
Methods described explicitly: quantitative explanatory cross-sectional design; analytical methods named as multiple regression and moderation analyses.
high positive Architecting financial well-being in algorithmic credit syst... research design / analytic methods
Data were collected from 400 users of algorithmic and digitally mediated credit platforms.
Study reports a quantitative, explanatory, cross-sectional survey of users; sample size explicitly stated as 400.
high positive Architecting financial well-being in algorithmic credit syst... sample_size / data source
The code and data used in the study are publicly available at the referenced repository.
Paper statement that code and data are publicly available at a repository (link provided in paper).
high positive Unmasking Algorithmic Bias in Predictive Policing: A GAN-Bas... availability of replication materials (code and data)
A sensitivity analysis over patrol radius, officer count, and citizen reporting probability reveals outcomes are most sensitive to officer deployment levels.
Reported sensitivity analysis across patrol radius, officer count, and reporting probability showing officer count as the most influential parameter in the simulation outcomes.
high positive Unmasking Algorithmic Bias in Predictive Policing: A GAN-Bas... sensitivity of bias/detection outcomes to simulation parameters (patrol radius, ...
Persistent Gini coefficients of 0.43 to 0.62 across all conditions indicate concentrated detection inequality.
Reported range of Gini coefficients from simulation experiments across conditions.
high positive Unmasking Algorithmic Bias in Predictive Policing: A GAN-Bas... Gini Coefficient (detection distribution inequality)
Experiments reveal extreme and year-variant bias in Baltimore's detected mode, with mean annual DIR up to 15,714 in 2019.
Reported experimental result from simulations on Baltimore data giving mean annual DIR up to 15,714 for 2019.
high positive Unmasking Algorithmic Bias in Predictive Policing: A GAN-Bas... Disparate Impact Ratio (DIR)
We compute four monthly bias metrics across 264 city-year-mode observations: the Disparate Impact Ratio (DIR), Demographic Parity Gap, Gini Coefficient, and a composite Bias Amplification Score.
Statement of metrics computed and the number of observations (264 city-year-mode observations) reported in the paper.
high positive Unmasking Algorithmic Bias in Predictive Policing: A GAN-Bas... monthly bias metrics (DIR, Demographic Parity Gap, Gini, Bias Amplification Scor...
The study uses 145,000+ Part 1 crime records from Baltimore (2017–2019) and 233,000+ records from Chicago (2022), augmented with US Census ACS demographic data.
Reported dataset sizes and data sources in the paper (crime records from Baltimore and Chicago; ACS demographic augmentation).
high positive Unmasking Algorithmic Bias in Predictive Policing: A GAN-Bas... data sample size / dataset composition
We present a reproducible simulation framework that couples a Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) with a Noisy OR patrol detection model to measure how racial bias propagates through the full enforcement pipeline from crime occurrence to police contact.
Description of methods in paper: coupling a GAN (CTGAN) for synthetic crime generation with a Noisy OR detection/patrol model; method-level claim rather than a numerical result.
high positive Unmasking Algorithmic Bias in Predictive Policing: A GAN-Bas... bias propagation through enforcement pipeline (simulation framework)
The initially selected candidates determine both the benchmark of success and the direction of improvement.
Theoretical result asserted by the authors based on analysis of the closed-loop system (paper's analytical finding).
high positive Actionable Recourse in Competitive Environments: A Dynamic G... influence of initially selected group on subsequent benchmark and improvement di...
Rejected individuals exert effort to improve actionable features along directions implied by the decision rule.
Model assumption and dynamic behavior encoded in the proposed framework (assumption/behavioral mechanism in the model).
high positive Actionable Recourse in Competitive Environments: A Dynamic G... effort or change in actionable features by rejected candidates
Immediate practical steps include improved documentation, stakeholder audits, and multi‑metric evaluation; medium‑term steps include standards for participatory evaluation and tooling for transparency and monitoring; long‑term steps include institutional governance, interoperable safety APIs, and public‑interest evaluation infrastructure.
Prescriptive roadmap in the paper based on conceptual analysis and prior literature; these are recommended policy/program milestones rather than empirically validated interventions.
high positive LLM Alignment should go beyond Harmlessness–Helpfulness and ... implementation status of the recommended immediate, medium‑term, and long‑term a...
Transparency (detailed documentation of data, objectives, evaluation processes, and deployment constraints; audit and contest mechanisms) is a necessary mechanism for accountable alignment.
Normative and practical argumentation supported by prior work on model cards, documentation standards, and auditing; no new audits are presented in the paper.
high positive LLM Alignment should go beyond Harmlessness–Helpfulness and ... availability and granularity of documentation and auditability of model developm...
Pluralistic evaluation—using multiple, diverse evaluation criteria and stakeholder‑informed metrics rather than single aggregated alignment scores—will better capture the values and harms at stake.
Argumentative rationale and literature synthesis advocating multi‑metric evaluation approaches; examples from prior evaluation critiques are referenced rather than new empirical comparison.
high positive LLM Alignment should go beyond Harmlessness–Helpfulness and ... evaluation coverage of diverse values, harms, and stakeholder perspectives
The Flourishing–Justice–Autonomy (FJA) framework should guide alignment efforts, emphasizing (1) Flourishing (human well‑being and meaningful opportunities), (2) Justice (distributional fairness and protection of vulnerable groups), and (3) Autonomy (informed choice and user control).
Prescriptive proposal grounded in conceptual analysis and synthesis of ethical and technical literature; the paper defines and motivates the three principles as its core normative contribution.
high positive LLM Alignment should go beyond Harmlessness–Helpfulness and ... alignment criteria operationalized as Flourishing, Justice, and Autonomy metrics...
Research priorities include empirically quantifying AI's effects on productivity, wages, inequality, and environmental costs; developing standardized sustainability and governance metrics; and evaluating regulatory impacts on innovation and welfare.
Stated research agenda based on gaps identified in the narrative review; identifies directions for future empirical work rather than presenting new empirical findings.
high positive The Evolution and Societal Impact of Artificial Intelligence... empirical evidence and standardized metrics for AI impacts (productivity, labor-...
AI has progressed from symbolic systems to data-driven, generative architectures and large-scale computational infrastructures, becoming a foundational technology across sectors.
Narrative synthesis of historical and technical literature across AI research and innovation studies; qualitative tracing of architectural shifts (symbolic → statistical → deep learning/generative models) and increased deployment across industries. No original empirical measurement or sample size reported in this paper.
high positive The Evolution and Societal Impact of Artificial Intelligence... technological evolution and cross-sector adoption (foundational-technology statu...