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Evidence (4892 claims)

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The board below groups claims two ways: by broad theme (nine paper-level topics) and by outcome category (the 34 claim-level outcomes that the Explorer and Syntheses also use).

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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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Evidence also includes pattern matching with documented agentic R&D deployments.
Methodological statement in the paper claiming pattern matching with documented agentic R&D deployments (unspecified number/source).
high null result From Replacement to Orchestration: A Socio-Technical Archite... similarity between proposed design and existing agentic R&D deployments
The study includes a foresight scenario analysis projecting four plausible 2040 R&D futures to stress-test design choices.
Methodological statement in the paper describing a four-scenario foresight analysis.
high null result From Replacement to Orchestration: A Socio-Technical Archite... plausibility and robustness of design across future scenarios
Empirical evidence for the design is triangulated from four semi-structured expert interviews with senior R&D leaders across industrial, healthcare, and academic settings.
Methodological statement in the paper specifying four semi-structured expert interviews.
high null result From Replacement to Orchestration: A Socio-Technical Archite... qualitative expert insights informing design
Because all observations come from a single practitioner, the inferential statistics are exploratory and hypothesis-generating rather than confirmatory; portability across the full portfolio awaits multi-practitioner replication.
Explicit limitation stated in the paper about the single-practitioner design and its implications for inference.
high null result Augment Engineering: A Methodology for Multi-Tool AI Orchest... generalizability/replicability of the findings
The framework is illustrated with an accounts-payable simulation and a companion spreadsheet.
Empirical illustration: the paper includes (or accompanies) an accounts-payable simulation and a spreadsheet to demonstrate the model and estimation approach.
high null result Modeling Agentic Technical Debt and Stochastic Tax: A Standa... practical illustration of framework through accounts-payable simulation and spre...
The note starts from a compact dashboard expression, expands it into a fuller structural model, defines all variables and parameters, and shows how each cost category can be estimated from operational data.
Methodological description in the paper: construction of dashboard, expansion to structural model, full variable/parameter definitions, and stated procedures for estimating cost categories from operational data; accompanied by worked examples.
high null result Modeling Agentic Technical Debt and Stochastic Tax: A Standa... methodological capacity to estimate agentic costs from operational data
Agentic Technical Debt is a stock of accumulated design and governance liability.
Definition provided in the paper as part of the conceptual framework that labels Agentic Technical Debt as a stock (accumulated) liability tied to design and governance.
high null result Modeling Agentic Technical Debt and Stochastic Tax: A Standa... conceptual characterization of Agentic Technical Debt (stock of design and gover...
This note develops a formal and managerially usable model that distinguishes Agentic Technical Debt from Stochastic Tax.
Author states development of a formal, managerially usable model and explicit distinction between the two constructs; supported by model construction in the paper (structural model and dashboard).
high null result Modeling Agentic Technical Debt and Stochastic Tax: A Standa... ability to distinguish Agentic Technical Debt from Stochastic Tax via a formal m...
Agentic AI systems combine probabilistic reasoning with delegated action through tools, context, memory, orchestration, and external workflow integration.
Conceptual/definitional statement in the paper; presented as the working characterization of 'Agentic AI systems' within the model specification.
high null result Modeling Agentic Technical Debt and Stochastic Tax: A Standa... structural composition of agentic AI systems (probabilistic reasoning + delegate...
(i, continued) The counterfactual toll has explicit non-uniqueness (i.e., non-uniqueness of the toll is demonstrated).
Mathematical argument in the paper identifying conditions or constructions that lead to multiple valid tolls (formal counterexample or theorem on non-uniqueness).
high null result Foundations of a Time-Consistent Counterfactual Actuarial Ru... non-uniqueness property of the counterfactual toll
The study contributes a taxonomy of AI workforce impact, a Workforce Resilience Readiness Score (WRRS), an AI Workforce Trust Index (AWTI), an Ethical Automation Boundary concept, and a pilot empirical validation design.
Declared methodological and conceptual contributions in the paper (these are presented as deliverables of the study; no validated results reported in the excerpt).
high null result From Automation Panic to Workforce Resilience: A Governance ... new measurement/conceptual tools (taxonomy, WRRS, AWTI, Ethical Automation Bound...
The International Labour Organization's 2025 update highlights the need to assess the exposure of generative AI at the task level using task data, expert input, and AI model predictions.
Reference to ILO 2025 update recommendation described in the paper (policy/technical guidance rather than primary empirical data in the excerpt).
high null result From Automation Panic to Workforce Resilience: A Governance ... recommended assessment methods for AI exposure (task-level approach)
A path analysis was used to trace structural relationships between HR quality, effectiveness perceptions, and AI readiness.
Paper reports a path analysis linking composite HR quality indices, perceived HR effectiveness, and AI readiness measures; uses same survey sample.
high null result Determinants of Artificial Intelligence Adoption in Public S... AI readiness and perceived HR effectiveness
A binary logistic regression modelling active AI adoption was estimated with McFadden R² = 0.032.
Reported logistic regression model fit (McFadden R² = 0.032) for AI adoption outcome using the survey data.
high null result Determinants of Artificial Intelligence Adoption in Public S... active AI adoption (binary)
An OLS regression was estimated explaining perceived HR effectiveness with R² = 0.446.
Reported OLS model fit statistics in the paper (R-squared = 0.446); model explains perceived HR effectiveness using survey data.
high null result Determinants of Artificial Intelligence Adoption in Public S... perceived HR effectiveness
Constructed and validated a composite index of external HR quality factors with Cronbach's α = 0.959.
Measurement validation reported in the paper; Cronbach's alpha reported for external HR factors.
high null result Determinants of Artificial Intelligence Adoption in Public S... external HR quality index reliability
Constructed and validated a composite index of internal HR quality factors with Cronbach's α = 0.924.
Measurement validation reported in the paper; Cronbach's alpha reported for internal HR factors.
high null result Determinants of Artificial Intelligence Adoption in Public S... internal HR quality index reliability
A large-scale empirical survey of 12,562 public servants was conducted in June 2025 in Kazakhstan.
Statement in paper specifying survey sample and date; sample of public servants N = 12,562, June 2025.
high null result Determinants of Artificial Intelligence Adoption in Public S... AI adoption determinants (survey data collection)
A strict May 2026 trajectory subset captured 627 model-completed events and 73.95 million recorded tokens, of which 82.9% were cache reads.
Subset analysis of telemetry for a May 2026 trajectory reported by authors; counts of model-completed events and token logs, with cache-read classification.
high null result Persistent AI Agents in Academic Research: A Single-Investig... model-completed events, total recorded tokens, proportion of tokens served from ...
Memory-derived records identified 482 output-proxy events and 889 failure, verification, correction, or protocol-proxy events.
Analysis/parsing of memory-derived records from the persistent environment yielding categorized event counts.
high null result Persistent AI Agents in Academic Research: A Single-Investig... counts of output-proxy events and counts of failure/verification/correction/prot...
Active system time was 579.7 hours (30-minute capped-gap estimate).
Computed runtime activity metric from system telemetry/logs over the study period; authors report a 30-minute capped-gap estimate to compute active system time.
high null result Persistent AI Agents in Academic Research: A Single-Investig... active system runtime (hours)
The workspace included 502 memory-related files, 17 configured agent directories, and 57 skill files.
Inventory of the implemented persistent agent workspace reported by authors as part of the case study (counts extracted from workspace metadata/filesystem).
high null result Persistent AI Agents in Academic Research: A Single-Investig... counts of workspace memory files, agent directories, and skill files
Recoverable main-agent telemetry contained 75,671 de-duplicated records across 96 active days, with 8,059 user-role and 23,710 assistant-role messages.
Structured self-observed implementation case study (unit: a single persistent human-agent environment) conducted Jan 31–May 25, 2026; authors report recoverable telemetry logs totaling these counts.
high null result Persistent AI Agents in Academic Research: A Single-Investig... number of telemetry records and role-specific messages
We compare and benchmark strategy profiles adopted by open and proprietary state-of-the-art language models deployed in AgentSociety against best response.
Empirical benchmarking experiments comparing multiple language models' strategy profiles to best-response strategies (experimental evaluation / benchmarking).
high null result AgentSociety: Incentivizing Agentic Social Intelligence strategy profiles of open and proprietary language models versus best-response
Historically, the most visible high-end bugonomics was offense-priced because production-grade zero-days and exploit chains were expensive specialist outputs for governments, brokers, and offensive vendors.
Historical observation corroborated by reference to public exploit-market price anchors (market price data referenced; no specific figures included in the abstract).
high null result Demystifying the Mythos or Disrupting Bugonomics? From Zero-... price/scarcity of production-grade zero-days and exploit chains in exploit marke...
There is a significant deficiency in India-centric qualitative investigations on human-AI collaboration in the IT sector.
Authors' review of peer-reviewed literature and secondary data concluding a gap in India-focused qualitative studies (literature gap analysis). No numeric count provided.
high null result Human–AI Collaboration in the Indian IT Industry: A Qualitat... quantity/coverage of India-centric qualitative research
We interviewed 24 product-focused individuals at a large technology firm about how AI has impacted their own work, their work within their product team, and their professional interactions.
Qualitative semi-structured interviews with 24 product-focused employees at a single large technology firm; sample size = 24.
high null result Beyond the Org Chart: AI and the Transformation of Invisible... description of sample and data collection
This scoping review adhered to the PRISMA-ScR guidelines and encompassed 29 peer-reviewed empirical studies published from 2020 to 2025.
Methods statement in the paper (explicit methodological description).
high null result The influence of AI-Driven Employee Performance Management (... scope and methodological adherence of the review (PRISMA-ScR; n=29 studies)
AI capability is conceptualized/measured as having sub-dimensions including technical infrastructure and management.
Measurement/model description in paper: AI capability broken into sub-dimensions (technical infrastructure, management); supported by survey instrument and measurement model using PLS-SEM on 251 firms.
high null result AI for decision-making: exploring the linkage from AI capabi... construct dimensionality of AI capability
The mixed-method approach, combining partial least squares–structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) and fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA), was used for analyzing the survey data of 251 firms.
Methods statement in paper: authors report using a mixed-method approach (PLS-SEM and fsQCA) on survey data; sample size explicitly stated as 251 firms.
high null result AI for decision-making: exploring the linkage from AI capabi... research methodology / analytic approach
Prior productivity does not predict AI use.
Analysis linking prior productivity measures to reported AI adoption in the Census Bureau survey data; finding of no predictive relationship reported.
high null result The Adoption of Industrial AI in America predictive relationship between prior productivity and AI adoption
The analysis uses a mandatory, purpose-designed Census Bureau survey of approximately 28,500 establishments.
Census Bureau mandatory survey specifically designed for this study; sample size stated as approximately 28,500 establishments.
high null result The Adoption of Industrial AI in America survey_sample_size / data source
The study extends the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), Dynamic Capabilities Theory, and the Technology-Organisation-Environment (TOE) framework into the qualitative, emerging-economy entrepreneurial context.
Authors' stated theoretical contribution based on mapping thematic results to TAM, Dynamic Capabilities, and TOE frameworks within analysis and discussion sections.
high null result Navigating the Intelligence Frontier: AI Adoption as a Succe... theoretical contribution / framework extension
This study employed an interpretivist, qualitative research design using sixteen in-depth semi-structured interviews with entrepreneurs across fintech, edtech, health-tech, logistics, retail, and SaaS in Delhi/NCR, India, and used Braun & Clarke's (2006) six-phase thematic analysis framework.
Explicit methodological description in the paper: interpretivist qualitative design; n=16 in-depth semi-structured interviews across specified sectors in Delhi/NCR; thematic analysis following Braun & Clarke (2006).
high null result Navigating the Intelligence Frontier: AI Adoption as a Succe... research design / data collection (qualitative interviews)
Using a qualitative approach with 17 expert interviews from employees at startups.
Methods statement in paper specifying qualitative study design and sample size of 17 interviews.
high null result From Prompt To Process: Qualitative Insights On How Genai Us... study methodology and sample
Process-related insights into how GenAI transforms startups are limited.
Authors' literature positioning / gap statement in paper (no empirical metric provided).
high null result From Prompt To Process: Qualitative Insights On How Genai Us... availability of process-related insights in literature
We map that space through six interconnected elements: sociotechnical context, decision-making frameworks, human decision participants, AI capabilities, interaction, and holistic evaluation.
The paper's proposed analytical/framework contribution listing six elements (descriptive of the authors' mapping work).
high null result Addressing the Synergy Gap: The Six Elements of the Design S... n/a (framework description)
Most current work treats human-AI combination as an engineering problem and concentrates on interpretability, trust calibration, or interface design.
Authors' characterization of the existing literature and dominant research foci (qualitative literature assessment; no quantitative breakdown provided).
high null result Addressing the Synergy Gap: The Six Elements of the Design S... research focus/themes in human-AI combination literature
We call this persistent shortfall the 'synergy gap.'
Terminology/definition introduced by the authors in the paper (conceptual claim, not an empirical finding).
high null result Addressing the Synergy Gap: The Six Elements of the Design S... n/a (terminology defining a phenomenon)
Current evidence does not support the simple claim that autonomous code generation automatically improves engineering outcomes.
Synthesis of mixed results from controlled studies, meta-analyses, and benchmarks reported in the paper (no single sample size given in abstract).
high null result Agentic Agile-V: From Vibe Coding to Verified Engineering in... engineering outcomes (overall improvement from autonomous code generation)
All [the listed orchestration frameworks] follow the same pattern: an external orchestrator above the LLM, injecting instructions and routing decisions every turn.
Author assertion based on architectural analysis of the listed frameworks (observation of orchestration pattern in the named projects).
high null result Compiling Agentic Workflows into LLM Weights: Near-Frontier ... architectural pattern (external orchestrator behavior)
The study used established measurement scales to assess AI-driven learning culture, knowledge orchestration, organisational intelligence and innovation performance.
Methods: authors report use of established scales for AIDLC, KO, OI and IP in the questionnaire.
high null result Enhancing innovation in Pakistan’s IT sector measurement validity / constructs used
Structured questionnaires were distributed between March and October 2025 to employees involved in innovation, learning and project management roles in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad.
Methods section description of data collection period, target respondent roles, and cities covered.
high null result Enhancing innovation in Pakistan’s IT sector data collection protocol (timing and respondent roles)
Most respondents held undergraduate or postgraduate degrees in computer science, engineering or business-related disciplines.
Sample demographic summary from the survey (N=348).
high null result Enhancing innovation in Pakistan’s IT sector respondent educational background
After screening the data, 348 valid responses were analyzed.
Structured questionnaires distributed March–October 2025 to employees in medium and large IT firms in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad; screening produced 348 valid responses (sample description in methods).
high null result Enhancing innovation in Pakistan’s IT sector sample_size
The paper draws on empirical studies from 2024–2026.
Methodological statement in the paper specifying the time window of empirical studies used in the analysis.
high null result The Algorithmic Mirror: Can Artificial Intelligence Truly Mi... temporal scope of literature reviewed
We compared the traits causing the incidents with the traits that 197 developers building AI systems for those tasks would have preferred.
Study design: comparison between trait set responsible for incidents (from incident reports) and stated developer preferences collected from a sample of 197 developers working on those tasks.
high null result The Quiet Path from Seemingly Minor Design Errors to Workpla... developers' preferred AI system traits (self-reported)
We compared the extracted traits with the traits that 202 workers highly familiar with those tasks would have preferred.
Study design: a comparison between LLM-extracted traits from incident reports and stated preferences from a sample of 202 workers familiar with the tasks.
high null result The Quiet Path from Seemingly Minor Design Errors to Workpla... workers' preferred AI system traits (self-reported preferences)
We used an LLM-as-an-expert approach to extract the main traits of the AI systems involved in those incidents using an established framework of twelve traits.
Methods statement: applied a Large Language Model to code/extract AI system traits from the incident reports using an established 12-trait framework.
high null result The Quiet Path from Seemingly Minor Design Errors to Workpla... trait classification of AI systems involved in incidents
We analyzed 1,524 reports of incidents in which AI systems were used to perform 171 occupational tasks across 12 industry sectors.
Descriptive statement in paper: dataset comprised 1,524 incident reports, covering 171 occupational tasks and 12 industry sectors (dataset construction / corpus used for analysis).
high null result The Quiet Path from Seemingly Minor Design Errors to Workpla... scope and coverage of analyzed incident reports (number of incidents, tasks, and...