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Evidence (3308 claims)

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Claims by outcome category

Counts by direction of finding. These are the same 34 outcome categories the Explorer compares and the Syntheses are written for. A linked row has a published synthesis.

Outcome Positive Negative Mixed Null Total
Other 870 233 116 1066 2363
Governance & Regulation 976 451 218 133 1809
Organizational Efficiency 949 224 144 88 1416
Technology Adoption Rate 764 287 141 122 1325
Research Productivity 501 152 74 362 1101
Output Quality 542 216 69 69 896
Decision Quality 387 198 94 54 740
Firm Productivity 513 67 101 27 714
AI Safety & Ethics 249 303 73 36 667
Market Structure 190 192 134 27 548
Task Allocation 243 77 91 36 452
Innovation Output 291 33 55 20 401
Skill Acquisition 206 72 65 21 364
Employment Level 133 63 115 22 335
Fiscal & Macroeconomic 153 79 52 32 323
Task Completion Time 206 37 12 15 272
Firm Revenue 179 52 29 5 266
Consumer Welfare 130 76 47 13 266
Inequality Measures 48 137 51 6 242
Worker Satisfaction 101 81 25 13 220
Error Rate 84 110 11 5 210
Wages & Compensation 98 47 30 10 185
Regulatory Compliance 88 73 17 7 185
Automation Exposure 66 64 33 16 182
Team Performance 105 29 30 11 176
Training Effectiveness 109 22 14 21 168
Developer Productivity 114 21 14 8 158
Job Displacement 12 90 24 1 127
Hiring & Recruitment 57 9 9 5 80
Skill Obsolescence 6 56 9 1 72
Social Protection 43 17 8 2 70
Creative Output 35 21 9 4 70
Labor Share of Income 18 21 17 1 57
Worker Turnover 15 16 4 35
Industry 1 1
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Participants performed significantly better with GitHub Copilot than with their human teammate.
Experimental comparison of task performance between Copilot-assisted individual condition and human pair condition; statistical significance reported in results (sample size n=22).
high positive Fast and Forgettable: A Controlled Study of Novices' Perform... programming performance on timed Python tasks
Policymakers can reinforce these conditions by shifting from technology-neutral principles to auditable process standards that couple AI investment with reskilling and data-quality obligations.
Policy recommendation based on the study's findings and synthesis; presented as a normative implication rather than empirically tested within the study. (Sample size not reported.)
high positive Overcoming Resistance to Change: Artificial Intelligence in ... policy effectiveness in reinforcing safe, equitable AI adoption
Leaders should fund training coverage and design (not just headline hours), equip non-specialists to interpret model outputs, pair performance artefacts with participatory routines, and treat explainability as a usability requirement to achieve durable, auditable value in safety-critical energy contexts.
Prescriptive recommendation based on a 'field-tested playbook' synthesised from the multi-case qualitative study (interviews, surveys, documents). The claim is drawn from authors' interpretation of cross-case patterns rather than causal inference. (Sample size not reported.)
high positive Overcoming Resistance to Change: Artificial Intelligence in ... durable, auditable value / legitimacy and sustained use
Structured upskilling and precise recourse mechanisms are associated with higher confidence, productivity, and clearer sustainability pathways.
Observed association in multi-case qualitative data: interviews, staff/manager surveys, and policy documents; triangulated through thematic coding and cross-case synthesis. (Sample size not reported.)
high positive Overcoming Resistance to Change: Artificial Intelligence in ... worker confidence and productivity; clarity of sustainability pathways
A tight workflow fit that minimises cognitive overhead at the decision point accelerates legitimate use and strengthens links to emissions monitoring and predictive-maintenance outcomes.
Synthesised from interviews, Likert-scale surveys of technical staff and managers, and internal workflow/policy documents across multiple cases in the energy sector. (Sample size not reported.)
high positive Overcoming Resistance to Change: Artificial Intelligence in ... rate of legitimate use (adoption) and effectiveness of emissions monitoring and ...
Communicative governance — e.g. model cards, bias tests, validation reports, and explicit appeal rights — earns trust, curbs shadow workarounds, and improves safety culture.
Reported from thematic coding of interviews, surveys of staff and managers, and documentary evidence across multiple cases; triangulation claimed. (Sample size not reported.)
high positive Overcoming Resistance to Change: Artificial Intelligence in ... trust, incidence of shadow workarounds, and safety culture
Broad-based capability building beyond specialist teams prevents benefits from concentrating in expert enclaves and reduces brittle scale.
Derived from cross-case thematic synthesis of interviews, Likert surveys of mid-level managers and technical staff, and internal policy/strategy document analysis (multi-case qualitative evidence). (Sample size not reported.)
high positive Overcoming Resistance to Change: Artificial Intelligence in ... distribution of benefits across organisation and scalability of AI use
Three reinforcing levers shape adoption outcomes: (1) broad-based capability building beyond specialist teams, (2) communicative governance that couples transparency with contestability, and (3) a tight workflow fit that minimises cognitive overhead at the decision point.
Qualitative, multi-case design triangulating a semi-structured interview with a senior manager, Likert-scale surveys of mid-level managers and technical staff, and analysis of internal policies and strategy documents; thematic coding with intercoder reliability and cross-case synthesis. (Sample size not reported.)
high positive Overcoming Resistance to Change: Artificial Intelligence in ... adoption outcomes / legitimate use
From synthesis of results, we suggest three practices that focus on preserving agency in software engineering for coding, learning, and mentorship, especially as AI grows increasingly autonomous.
Authors' prescriptive recommendations derived from the paper's qualitative synthesis; presented as proposed practices rather than empirically tested interventions.
high positive From Junior to Senior: Allocating Agency and Navigating Prof... Recommended practices intended to preserve developer agency
Seniors leverage pre-AI foundational instincts to steer modern tools and possess valuable perspectives for mentoring juniors in their early AI-encouraged career development.
Qualitative accounts from senior participants in the Delphi/ACTA process and blind reviews showing seniors reference pre-AI practices and see mentoring value.
high positive From Junior to Senior: Allocating Agency and Navigating Prof... Seniors' ability to direct AI tools based on prior foundations and their perceiv...
Juniors enter as AI‑natives, seniors adapted mid‑career.
Authors' synthesis from a three-phase mixed-methods study: ACTA combined with a Delphi process (5 seniors), an AI-assisted debugging task (10 juniors), and blind reviews of junior prompt histories by 5 additional seniors.
high positive From Junior to Senior: Allocating Agency and Navigating Prof... Whether developers began their careers with AI tools (AI-native status) versus a...
Policy proposals including universal basic income, portable benefits, retraining programs, and AI taxation are viable mechanisms to manage the socio-economic transition associated with AI, and the paper assesses these proposals.
Paper states it evaluates these policy proposals drawing on empirical studies, reports, and historical analysis; the abstract does not report empirical tests or effectiveness estimates for these policies.
The distributional consequences of AI adoption will be shaped primarily by institutional factors—including labor market regulation, education policy, and corporate governance structures—rather than by the technology itself.
Argument based on a literature review drawing on recent empirical studies, industry reports, and historical analyses of past technological transitions; no new empirical estimate or sample size provided in the abstract.
AI differs from previous automation technologies in its capacity to perform cognitive and creative tasks.
Paper's conceptual claim supported by references to recent empirical studies and industry reports on generative AI and large language models; no specific sample size or quantified effect reported in the abstract.
Our paper contributes to the emerging discourse on AI overreliance and provides an understanding of the appropriate degree of reliance as essential to developers making the most of these powerful technologies.
Authors' claimed contribution based on synthesis of themes from twenty-two interviews and presentation of the reliance-control framework.
high positive Towards an Appropriate Level of Reliance on AI: A Preliminar... developers' ability to effectively use AI tools (appropriate degree of reliance)
The reliance-control framework can be used to recommend future research to explore different control levels supported by current and emergent LLM-driven tools.
Paper explicitly uses the framework to motivate and recommend directions for future research; based on qualitative interview findings (n=22) and authors' synthesis.
high positive Towards an Appropriate Level of Reliance on AI: A Preliminar... research directions and scope (exploration of control levels)
We propose a preliminary reliance-control framework where the level of control can be used to identify AI overreliance and underreliance.
Authors present a conceptual/framework contribution derived from analysis of the twenty-two interviews; this is a proposed (theoretical) framework rather than an experimentally validated one.
high positive Towards an Appropriate Level of Reliance on AI: A Preliminar... ability to identify overreliance and underreliance (framework applicability)
The model's contribution lies in integrating four interdependent governance layers—technical, organizational, workforce, and regulatory—within a single labor-market framework.
Paper's stated conceptual contribution describing the four-layer governance model derived from the evidence map and synthesis.
high positive Artificial Intelligence in the Labor Market: Evidence on Wor... conceptual integration of governance layers
Based on an evidence map of the included studies, we propose a hybrid governance model combining technical and organizational audits, inclusive upskilling/reskilling, participatory regulation, and responsible HR policies to align AI innovation with decent and inclusive work.
Conceptual proposal grounded in the paper's evidence map and qualitative synthesis of the 19 studies; model components explicitly listed in the text.
high positive Artificial Intelligence in the Labor Market: Evidence on Wor... alignment of AI innovation with decent and inclusive work (governance interventi...
The evidence indicates that AI can support inclusion through assistive technologies and improved matching in labor-market settings.
Synthesis claim based on thematic analysis of the 19 included peer-reviewed studies (qualitative evidence across the corpus pointing to assistive technologies and improved matching as inclusion-supporting mechanisms).
high positive Artificial Intelligence in the Labor Market: Evidence on Wor... worker inclusion in recruitment/placement
The positive effect of supply chain digitalization on human capital structure is stronger for enterprises located in the eastern region of China.
Heterogeneity analysis in the paper using the DID framework on A-share listed companies (2013–2022); regional subsample analysis shows a larger effect in eastern China.
high positive How Artificial Intelligence Shapes the Human Capital Structu... regional heterogeneity (eastern vs. other regions) in the impact on human capita...
The positive effect of supply chain digitalization on human capital structure is stronger for enterprises operating in more competitive industries.
Heterogeneity analysis reported in the paper using DID on A-share listed firms (2013–2022); industry competition intensity is used to split sample and examine differential effects.
high positive How Artificial Intelligence Shapes the Human Capital Structu... interaction effect between supply chain digitalization and industry competition ...
The positive effect of supply chain digitalization on optimizing human capital structure is stronger for enterprises facing higher external environmental uncertainty.
Heterogeneity analysis in the paper using the DID sample of A-share listed firms (2013–2022); authors report the effect is more pronounced under higher environmental uncertainty.
high positive How Artificial Intelligence Shapes the Human Capital Structu... interaction effect between supply chain digitalization and external environmenta...
Supply chain digitalization enhances enterprises' capacity to absorb high-skilled labor by promoting the accumulation of digital intangible assets.
Mechanism analysis in the paper using DID on A-share listed companies (2013–2022); accumulation of digital intangible assets is cited as a channel increasing firms' demand/ability to hire high-skilled workers.
high positive How Artificial Intelligence Shapes the Human Capital Structu... accumulation of digital intangible assets (as a channel affecting absorption of ...
Supply chain digitalization enhances enterprises' capacity to absorb high-skilled labor by alleviating financing constraints.
Mechanism analysis reported in the paper using the quasi-natural experiment and DID approach on A-share listed firms; easing financing constraints is presented as one channel.
high positive How Artificial Intelligence Shapes the Human Capital Structu... financing constraints (reduction) as a mediating channel
Supply chain digitalization enhances enterprises' capacity to absorb high-skilled labor by boosting public trust in brands.
Mechanism analysis in the paper using the DID design on A-share listed firms (2013–2022); brand/public trust is reported as a mediating channel.
high positive How Artificial Intelligence Shapes the Human Capital Structu... public/brand trust (as a channel affecting absorption of high-skilled labor)
Supply chain digitalization enhances enterprises' capacity to absorb high-skilled labor by increasing firms' market attention.
Mechanism analysis reported in the paper using the same DID framework and sample (A-share listed firms 2013–2022); market attention is listed as an identified channel through which digitalization affects human capital.
high positive How Artificial Intelligence Shapes the Human Capital Structu... market attention (as a channel affecting absorption of high-skilled labor)
Supply chain digitalization drives the optimization of the human capital structure of enterprises.
Empirical analysis on A-share listed companies on the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges from 2013 to 2022; authors treat pilots of supply chain innovation and application as a quasi-natural experiment and employ a difference-in-differences (DID) approach to identify the effect.
high positive How Artificial Intelligence Shapes the Human Capital Structu... human capital structure (optimization of workforce composition toward higher-ski...
Successful implementation requires tailored strategies that address contextual, technical, and human factors.
Authors' synthesis and recommendations based on patterns and barriers identified in the included studies.
high positive The Use of Technology and Data Analytics in Modern Auditing:... implementation success of technology/data analytics in auditing
Client technological readiness plays a positive role in remote auditing.
Reported moderating/mediating findings across included studies summarized in the review indicating client readiness supports remote audit processes.
high positive The Use of Technology and Data Analytics in Modern Auditing:... effectiveness of remote auditing / ability to perform remote audits
Technologies such as big data analytics, artificial intelligence, and federated learning have a transformative impact on audit quality and efficiency.
Synthesis of findings from the 10 included empirical studies reporting effects of these technologies on auditing outcomes.
high positive The Use of Technology and Data Analytics in Modern Auditing:... audit quality and efficiency
The approach provides a practical path toward more transparent, controllable, and accountable AI use without requiring new model architectures.
Authors' asserted benefit of the proposed interaction-layer framework; no empirical demonstration that transparency, control, or accountability are achieved or that no architectural changes are required in practice.
high positive Governing Reflective Human-AI Collaboration: A Framework for... transparency_controllability_accountability_of_AI_use
The framework enables auditable reasoning traces and supports alignment with emerging governance standards, including the EU AI Act and ISO/IEC 42001.
Stated compliance/alignment claim linking the proposed interaction-layer approach to existing regulatory standards; no compliance testing or audit examples reported.
high positive Governing Reflective Human-AI Collaboration: A Framework for... auditable_reasoning_traces_and_regulatory_alignment (EU AI Act, ISO/IEC 42001)
This reframes the question from whether the model can think to whether the human-AI system can reason.
Conceptual reframing stated in the paper; no empirical evidence required as it is a change of perspective.
high positive Governing Reflective Human-AI Collaboration: A Framework for... system_level_reasoning_evaluation (human-AI system reasoning instead of model-on...
We introduce 'The Architect's Pen' as a practical method where the human uses the model as an external medium for structured reflection by embedding phases of articulation, critique, and revision into human-AI interaction.
Method description / practical proposal included in the paper; no experimental evaluation, user study, or quantitative validation reported.
high positive Governing Reflective Human-AI Collaboration: A Framework for... structured_reflection_via_interaction_protocol (articulation/critique/revision l...
This perspective emphasizes collaborative intelligence, combining human judgment and contextual understanding with machine speed, memory, and associative capacity.
Theoretical claim about complementary strengths of humans and models within the proposed framework; presented without empirical tests.
high positive Governing Reflective Human-AI Collaboration: A Framework for... collaborative_intelligence (integration of human judgment and machine capabiliti...
Building on recent work on 'System-2' learning, reflective reasoning can be relocated to the interaction layer and framed as a cognitive protocol that can be structured, measured, and governed using existing systems.
Conceptual extension of prior literature ('System-2' learning) into an interaction-layer protocol; no empirical protocol testing or measurement evidence provided.
high positive Governing Reflective Human-AI Collaboration: A Framework for... measurability_and_governability_of_reasoning (via interaction protocols)
Reasoning should be treated as a relational process distributed between human and model rather than an internal capability of either.
Methodological proposal / theoretical framing presented by the authors; no empirical validation reported.
high positive Governing Reflective Human-AI Collaboration: A Framework for... system_level_reasoning_capability (human-AI distributed reasoning)
Large language models have advanced rapidly, from pattern recognition to emerging forms of reasoning.
Stated as an observational claim in the paper's introduction; no empirical evaluation or dataset provided.
high positive Governing Reflective Human-AI Collaboration: A Framework for... model_capability (advancement from pattern recognition to emerging reasoning)
For settings with multiple interventions, a tractable approximation that prioritizes interventions based on the magnitude of the policy-value discrepancy is effective.
Proposed algorithm/approximation in the paper (methodological contribution); evaluated empirically in simulations and experiments described in the paper.
high positive Improving Human Performance with Value-Aware Interventions: ... effectiveness of intervention prioritization under intervention budget constrain...
In the single-intervention regime, the optimal strategy is to recommend the action that maximizes the human value function.
Theoretical result derived in the paper within a Markov decision process model for single-intervention settings.
high positive Improving Human Performance with Value-Aware Interventions: ... optimality of single-intervention recommendation (maximizing human value functio...
Policy-value inconsistencies naturally identify opportunities for intervention.
Analytical/formal argument within a Markov decision process framework showing that when human policy-value consistency fails, discrepancies indicate intervention opportunities.
high positive Improving Human Performance with Value-Aware Interventions: ... identification of states/actions where intervention is beneficial (policy-value ...
The paper proposes a conceptual framework of the underlying mechanisms of the LLM fallacy and a typology of its manifestations across computational, linguistic, analytical, and creative domains.
Author(s) contribution described in the paper (framework and typology); no empirical testing reported in the abstract.
high positive The LLM Fallacy: Misattribution in AI-Assisted Cognitive Wor... formal framework and typology coverage across domains
The rapid integration of large language models (LLMs) into everyday workflows has transformed how individuals perform cognitive tasks such as writing, programming, analysis, and multilingual communication.
Author(s) assertion based on literature review and conceptual overview; no empirical sample or experiment reported in the abstract.
high positive The LLM Fallacy: Misattribution in AI-Assisted Cognitive Wor... how individuals perform cognitive tasks (writing, programming, analysis, multili...
Linking these measures to administrative data from 2012 to 2023 shows a broad shift from manual and digital toward frontier skills across occupations.
Longitudinal analysis linking OTSS to administrative labor market data covering 2012–2023, showing temporal changes in skill composition toward frontier skills.
high positive AI‐powered skill classification: mapping technology intensit... change over time in occupational skill intensity (decrease in manual/digital, in...
We compute OTSS for all occupations in the German labour market.
Paper reports application of the OTSS metric across the set of occupations covering the German labour market.
high positive AI‐powered skill classification: mapping technology intensit... coverage of OTSS across occupations in Germany
Using natural language processing, generative AI and supervised machine learning, we develop an AI‐powered skill classification that enriches occupation‐linked skill labels with standardised GenAI‐generated descriptions and structured indicators of technological content, enabling transparent classification by technology intensity.
Paper describes methodological approach combining NLP, generative AI and supervised ML to create the skill classification and enriched labels.
high positive AI‐powered skill classification: mapping technology intensit... creation of AI-powered skill classification and enrichment of occupation-linked ...
This paper introduces a novel skill‐based measure of occupational technology intensity – the occupational technology skill share (OTSS) – that distinguishes between manual, digital and frontier technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI).
Paper statement of contribution / methodological development (description of new measure OTSS).
high positive AI‐powered skill classification: mapping technology intensit... definition and introduction of the OTSS measure (occupational technology intensi...
Successful AI implementation in auditing requires an integrated framework that aligns technological readiness, auditor acceptance, and innovation diffusion to sustainably improve audit quality in Indonesia.
Authors' conclusion and recommendation derived from thematic synthesis of reviewed literature and comparative findings.
high positive Implementing Artificial Intelligence in Auditing: A Systemat... requirements for successful AI implementation and resulting audit quality
Comparative analysis indicates Indonesia remains at the early majority stage of AI adoption in auditing.
Authors' comparative synthesis of the reviewed literature and country-specific discussion classifying Indonesia's adoption stage as early majority.
high positive Implementing Artificial Intelligence in Auditing: A Systemat... innovation diffusion stage of Indonesia's auditing sector