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Evidence (4793 claims)

Adoption
5539 claims
Productivity
4793 claims
Governance
4333 claims
Human-AI Collaboration
3326 claims
Labor Markets
2657 claims
Innovation
2510 claims
Org Design
2469 claims
Skills & Training
2017 claims
Inequality
1378 claims

Evidence Matrix

Claim counts by outcome category and direction of finding.

Outcome Positive Negative Mixed Null Total
Other 402 112 67 480 1076
Governance & Regulation 402 192 122 62 790
Research Productivity 249 98 34 311 697
Organizational Efficiency 395 95 70 40 603
Technology Adoption Rate 321 126 73 39 564
Firm Productivity 306 39 70 12 432
Output Quality 256 66 25 28 375
AI Safety & Ethics 116 177 44 24 363
Market Structure 107 128 85 14 339
Decision Quality 177 76 38 20 315
Fiscal & Macroeconomic 89 58 33 22 209
Employment Level 77 34 80 9 202
Skill Acquisition 92 33 40 9 174
Innovation Output 120 12 23 12 168
Firm Revenue 98 34 22 154
Consumer Welfare 73 31 37 7 148
Task Allocation 84 16 33 7 140
Inequality Measures 25 77 32 5 139
Regulatory Compliance 54 63 13 3 133
Error Rate 44 51 6 101
Task Completion Time 88 5 4 3 100
Training Effectiveness 58 12 12 16 99
Worker Satisfaction 47 32 11 7 97
Wages & Compensation 53 15 20 5 93
Team Performance 47 12 15 7 82
Automation Exposure 24 22 9 6 62
Job Displacement 6 38 13 57
Hiring & Recruitment 41 4 6 3 54
Developer Productivity 34 4 3 1 42
Social Protection 22 10 6 2 40
Creative Output 16 7 5 1 29
Labor Share of Income 12 5 9 26
Skill Obsolescence 3 20 2 25
Worker Turnover 10 12 3 25
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Simulations project measurable reductions in defect rates under AI-HRM scenarios.
Regression-based simulations of the counterfactual model include defect reduction as an organizational outcome and project decreases in defect rates when HR processes are AI-supported.
medium negative Artificial Intelligence and Human Resource Management: A Cou... defect rate (number/proportion of defective outputs)
Simulations show notable reductions in absenteeism under the AI-HRM scenario.
Predictive estimation and regression-based simulations projecting absenteeism rates under counterfactual AI-supported HR processes using the industrial firm dataset.
The number of granted AI-related patents is negatively associated with GDP growth in the model.
Panel econometric analysis using OLS, Fixed Effects, Difference GMM and System GMM estimators; AI innovation proxied by the number of granted AI-related patents; reported negative association across the applied estimators (sample of countries and time span not specified in the provided summary).
medium negative The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Economic Growth: Syst... GDP growth (national GDP growth rate)
Discussions among faculty on major higher-education subreddits enact negotiations over surveillance regimes, accountability structures, and academic precarity in real time.
Interpretive finding from thematic analysis of Reddit threads: posts and replies about AI-related classroom issues (e.g., cheating, assessment, policy) show active contention over surveillance and accountability practices and concerns about job security/precariat conditions. (Specific thread counts, timestamps, and coder reliability are not provided in the excerpt.)
medium negative A Critical AI Media Literacy Perspective on the Future of Hi... presence and dynamics of negotiation over surveillance, accountability, and prec...
Findings reveal that discussions of student cheating, AI policies, writing practices, and faculty labor are not merely technical debates but sites where surveillance regimes, accountability structures, and academic precarity are negotiated in real time.
Empirical claim based on thematic content analysis of Reddit discussions that flagged threads about student cheating, AI policy, writing practices, and faculty labor and interpreted them as spaces where concerns about surveillance, accountability, and precarity are articulated and contested. (Specific examples, counts, and illustrative quotes not included in the excerpt.)
medium negative A Critical AI Media Literacy Perspective on the Future of Hi... extent and manner in which subreddit discussions frame cheating/policy/writing/l...
Reductions or cuts to governmental translation services intensify employment gaps, increase dependence on informal translation, and exacerbate systemic injustices for LEP immigrants.
Mixed-methods evidence from survey responses (n=150) indicating outcomes after policy reductions, and thematic findings from employer (n=50) and provider (n=20) interviews documenting increased informal translation reliance and adverse labor outcomes.
medium negative Translation Models Empowering Immigrant Workforce Integratio... employment gaps (disparities in employment outcomes), reliance on informal trans...
Technological variations contribute to limiting sustainability efforts.
Highlighted in the paper's analysis of governance challenges (listed alongside corruption and administrative inefficiencies) and referenced in international examples; no specific empirical measurement or sample size is provided in the summary.
medium negative Good Governance and Sustainable Development: Pathways, Princ... capacity/effectiveness of sustainability efforts
Deep-rooted governance issues — specifically corruption, administrative inefficiencies, policy gaps, and technological variations — restrict sustainability efforts, particularly in developing and transition economies.
Analytical emphasis in the paper drawing on global governance frameworks and case illustrations from international instances; the summary does not report empirical sample sizes or quantitative measures.
medium negative Good Governance and Sustainable Development: Pathways, Princ... effectiveness/progress of sustainability efforts in developing and transition ec...
Raising fertility actually worsens the fiscal picture in the medium term, since it takes decades for newborns to grow up and join the workforce.
Model scenario simulations that raise fertility rates and project fiscal outcomes over time, showing medium-term deterioration due to added dependents before working-age entry.
medium negative Fiscal Dynamics in Japan under Demographic Pressure medium-term fiscal balance/deficit; dependency ratios following a fertility incr...
These demographic trends squeeze public finances from both sides—fewer people paying taxes and more people drawing on pensions and healthcare.
Conceptual linkage implemented in the integrated system dynamics model that couples demographic cohorts to tax revenue and age-linked public spending (pensions, healthcare).
medium negative Fiscal Dynamics in Japan under Demographic Pressure tax revenue (aggregate and per capita); public spending on pensions and healthca...
Current research in this area has a primary focus on methodology and computer science rather than applied occupational health questions.
Authors' synthesis from the review of existing studies (the paper reports that reviewed studies emphasize methodological and computer science aspects; exact counts or proportions not provided in the excerpt).
medium negative Machine learning in the analysis of mental health at work: a... topic/focus areas of published research (methodology/computer science vs applied...
The application of machine learning in occupational mental health research remains in its preliminary stages.
Claim stated by the paper based on the authors' literature review of the field (review methodology referenced in the paper; number of studies or specific inclusion criteria not provided in the provided excerpt).
medium negative Machine learning in the analysis of mental health at work: a... developmental stage/extent of application of machine learning in occupational me...
Many core university functions can now be achieved through AI-powered alternatives, potentially rendering conventional models obsolete for many learners.
Analytical assessment by the authors, without reported empirical testing or quantified methodology; based on review of AI capabilities and extrapolation.
medium negative Are Universities Becoming Obsolete in the Age of Artificial ... extent to which conventional university models remain necessary for learners (ob...
Universities' core value proposition is challenged and potentially displaced by AI technologies as they alter how knowledge is accessed, created, and validated.
Authors' analytical argument drawing on technological, economic, and social drivers; presented as synthesis rather than empirical proof (no sample size or empirical method reported).
medium negative Are Universities Becoming Obsolete in the Age of Artificial ... displacement risk of traditional university functions / core value proposition
Robotics reduce labor dependence in greenhouse operations.
Study conclusions drawn from modeled impacts on employment composition and labor requirements when comparing robotics investments to traditional greenhouse investment scenarios (I–O modeling, IMPLAN 2022).
medium negative ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF ROBOTICS TECHNOLOGY IN REMOTE GREENHOUSE... labor dependence (labor hours / reliance on manual labor)
Traditional IT service hiring will be displaced by expansion of product-focused roles and Global Capability Centres (GCCs).
Synthesis of industry reports and workforce data indicating shifts in hiring patterns; the abstract does not report sample sizes or exact metrics.
medium negative A Study on Hiring Trends In 2026 In India’s Information Tech... hiring volume/trends in traditional IT services versus product and GCC roles
Psychological barriers — specifically algorithm aversion, AI-induced job insecurity, technostress, and diminished occupational identity — impede effective AI integration across U.S. industries.
Literature synthesis of empirical and theoretical work in AI–HRM and organizational psychology cited in the paper (summary does not report primary-study sample sizes).
medium negative Developing Organizational Psychology Frameworks to Prepare t... effectiveness of AI integration (measured via impediments like algorithm aversio...
Workforce psychological readiness, rather than technological capability alone, constitutes the critical bottleneck in organizational AI adoption.
Synthesis of emerging empirical AI–HRM research and theoretical integration (paper reports 'findings' from this synthesis; no primary-sample-size details provided in the summary).
medium negative Developing Organizational Psychology Frameworks to Prepare t... AI adoption / implementation success (affected by psychological readiness)
The integration of AI into U.S. workplaces represents a profound organizational psychology challenge that extends well beyond mere technology adoption.
Conceptual/theoretical argument based on literature synthesis; draws on established theories (Technology Acceptance Model, Human–AI Symbiosis Theory, Job Demands–Resources Model, Organizational Trust Theory) and cited empirical AI–HRM studies (no specific sample sizes or primary data reported in the summary).
medium negative Developing Organizational Psychology Frameworks to Prepare t... organizational psychological readiness / complexity of organizational change ass...
What remains needed is rigorous advice to policymakers concerned about rapid increases in labor churn, scientific development, labor–capital shifts, or existential risk.
Normative conclusion drawn by the author from gaps identified in the seven-book review (qualitative assessment of unmet policy-relevant analysis); sample = 7 books.
medium negative The Economic Impacts of Artificial Intelligence: A Multidisc... availability of rigorous, actionable policy guidance addressing (a) labor churn,...
The reviewed works offer little guidance regarding the transformative scenarios considered plausible by many AI researchers.
Author's evaluative judgment based on the content and emphases of the seven books (qualitative gap analysis); sample = 7 books.
medium negative The Economic Impacts of Artificial Intelligence: A Multidisc... extent of guidance provided on transformative AI scenarios (e.g., rapid, large-s...
There are significant implementation challenges for Material Passports, particularly for existing buildings.
Aggregate findings from included studies highlighting technical, data-collection, legacy-information, and workflow barriers when applying MPs to existing building stock.
medium negative The Material Passport for a Circular Construction Industry: ... implementation feasibility/challenges for MPs applied to existing buildings
Circular economy (CE) adoption in the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry is hampered by data scarcity.
Synthesis of included literature and authors' framing in the introduction and analysis sections indicating repeated identification of data scarcity as a barrier to CE adoption in AEC.
medium negative The Material Passport for a Circular Construction Industry: ... barrier presence/impact on CE adoption (data scarcity)
Selection of a human-LLM archetype brings important risks and considerations for the designers of human-AI decision-making systems.
Analytic discussion and synthesis of evaluation results and literature review; tradeoffs surfaced in the paper (e.g., decision control, social hierarchies, cognitive forcing strategies, information requirements).
medium negative Who Does What? Archetypes of Roles Assigned to LLMs During H... identified risks and design considerations for system designers
Gendered perceptions of AI's social and ethical consequences, rather than access or capability, are the primary drivers of unequal GenAI adoption.
Comparative model results from the 2023–2024 nationally representative UK survey showing perceptions (societal-risk index) have greater explanatory/predictive power than measures of access (e.g., device/internet access) or capability (digital literacy, education).
medium negative Women Worry, Men Adopt: How Gendered Perceptions Shape the U... Primary drivers of unequal GenAI adoption (relative contribution of perceptions ...
Intersectional analyses show the largest gender disparities in GenAI use arise among younger, digitally fluent individuals with high societal risk concerns, where gender gaps in personal use exceed 45 percentage points.
Subgroup (intersectional) analysis of the nationally representative 2023–2024 UK survey data stratified by age, digital fluency, and societal-risk concern levels; reported gender gap >45 percentage points in specified subgroup.
medium negative Women Worry, Men Adopt: How Gendered Perceptions Shape the U... Gender gap in personal GenAI use (percentage-point difference) within younger, d...
The societal-risk concerns index ranks among the strongest predictors of GenAI adoption for women across all age groups, surpassing digital literacy and education for young women.
Multivariable models and predictor ranking using the 2023–2024 UK survey data showing relative predictive strength of the concerns index versus measures of digital literacy and education, with subgroup (age × gender) comparisons.
medium negative Women Worry, Men Adopt: How Gendered Perceptions Shape the U... Predictive strength for GenAI adoption (relative importance of predictors for wo...
The societal-risk concerns index explains between 9 and 18 percent of the variation in GenAI adoption.
Regression/statistical models using the composite concerns index as a predictor of GenAI adoption in the nationally representative 2023–2024 UK survey; reported explained variation (9–18%).
medium negative Women Worry, Men Adopt: How Gendered Perceptions Shape the U... Explained variation in GenAI adoption (percent variance attributable to the inde...
Women adopt GenAI less often than men because they perceive its societal risks differently.
Statistical analysis linking a constructed composite societal-risk concerns index (mental health, privacy, climate impact, labor market disruption) to GenAI adoption, using the UK 2023–2024 survey; models compare explanatory power of perceptions versus access/capability variables.
medium negative Women Worry, Men Adopt: How Gendered Perceptions Shape the U... GenAI adoption (mediated by societal-risk concern index)
Women adopt GenAI substantially less often than men.
Analysis of the 2023–2024 nationally representative UK survey data comparing personal use/adoption rates by gender.
medium negative Women Worry, Men Adopt: How Gendered Perceptions Shape the U... Personal use / adoption of GenAI (female vs male rates)
In abundant-resource conditions, emergent tribe formation slightly increases system overload (i.e., makes the near-zero overload slightly worse).
Empirical observations reported in the paper indicating a modest increase in overload when tribes form under abundant resources.
medium negative Increasing intelligence in AI agents can worsen collective o... system overload (slight increase attributable to tribe formation in abundance)
When resources are scarce, AI model diversity and reinforcement learning increase dangerous system overload.
Empirical results from the paper's AI-agent population experiments (simulations/real-agent trials) combined with mathematical analysis indicating increased overload under scarcity when model diversity and individual RL are present.
medium negative Increasing intelligence in AI agents can worsen collective o... system overload (frequency/severity of dangerous overload events)
There are ethical concerns surrounding AI and automation including algorithmic decision-making, workforce exclusion, and inequality in access to reskilling opportunities.
Raised as an ethical analysis within the paper's conceptual framework; no empirical study, surveys, or quantified measures of these ethical issues are reported in this paper.
medium negative ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, AUTOMATION, AND THE CHANGING PATTER... presence/degree of ethical risks: algorithmic bias/decision-making issues; workf...
AI is eliminating repeated (routine) jobs.
Stated as part of the paper's argument about AI's dual impact; supported by conceptual analysis rather than new empirical evidence in this manuscript (no sample size or empirical method reported).
medium negative ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, AUTOMATION, AND THE CHANGING PATTER... incidence/prevalence of repetitive/routine jobs (job elimination)
Artificial intelligence and automation are reshaping jobs, transforming them from a steady source of income to a dynamic process highly influenced by technology, flexibility, and uncertainty.
Central analytical claim made in the paper based on conceptual reasoning; the paper does not report empirical measures, datasets, or sample sizes to support the transformation quantitatively.
medium negative ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, AUTOMATION, AND THE CHANGING PATTER... job stability/income steadiness; job dynamics (influence of technology, flexibil...
AI and automation pose significant challenges to employment stability, skill relevance, and human dignity.
Claim presented within the paper's conceptual and analytical discussion of AI's dual impacts; no empirical study, sample size, or quantitative measures provided in this paper.
medium negative ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, AUTOMATION, AND THE CHANGING PATTER... employment stability; skill relevance; human dignity
Information processing constraints hinder managers' ability to effectively integrate tax planning and core business strategies (i.e., processing constraints hinder effective tax planning).
The paper reports novel empirical evidence consistent with this theoretical claim based on observed associations and tests linking AI, information quality, capital management, and tax effectiveness in the 2010–2018 sample.
medium negative The use of artificial intelligence in decision-making: evide... effective tax planning / tax effectiveness
There are challenges to adopting AI in HRM within IT firms.
Identified through the literature review and the empirical study involving HR professionals; the summary notes challenges but does not enumerate or quantify them.
medium negative AI-Driven Decision Making and Digital Recruitment: Transform... barriers to AI adoption in HR (e.g., implementation, skills, privacy — not speci...
Performance expectancy is a negative factor related to the company's decision to adopt AI (attributed to initial implementation challenges reducing perceived ease of use).
PLS-SEM analysis of survey data from 207 firms; the paper reports a negative association between performance expectancy and AI Adoption and offers a rationale about 'reality check' and initial implementation difficulties.
LLM explanations foster inappropriate reliance and trust on the data-extraction AI: participants were less likely to detect errors when provided with LLM explanations.
User study measuring error-detection rates and trust/reliance indicators across conditions (full text, passage retrieval, LLM explanations). The LLM-explanation condition showed lower error-detection and greater reliance/trust compared to other conditions.
medium negative To Believe or Not To Believe: Comparing Supporting Informati... error-detection rate; measures of reliance/trust
Governance quality becomes negative and statistically significant at the 0.90 quantile (τ = 0.90), which the paper interprets as evidence of institutional rigidity in advanced financial systems.
MMQR results showing a negative, significant coefficient for governance quality at τ = 0.90; interpretation provided by the authors linking this sign to institutional rigidity.
medium negative Towards Smart, Economic Performance and Sustainable Monetary... GDP growth at the upper tail (τ = 0.90)
AI use also poses risks, including systemic discrimination, privacy invasion, and commodification of talent.
Qualitative synthesis and documented instances in the reviewed literature (n=85) reporting discriminatory outcomes, privacy concerns, and labor commodification effects associated with algorithmic HR tools.
medium negative ALGORITHMIC DETERMINISM VERSUS HUMAN AGENCY: A SYSTEMATIC RE... discrimination incidents (bias indicators), privacy breaches/risks, measures of ...
Qualitative synthesis reveals a 'gray zone' in labor relations and a 'black box' in algorithmic data processing, both exposing businesses to procedural injustice risks.
Thematic/qualitative synthesis of findings from the reviewed literature (n=85) highlighting issues of labor relations and algorithmic opacity leading to procedural fairness concerns.
medium negative ALGORITHMIC DETERMINISM VERSUS HUMAN AGENCY: A SYSTEMATIC RE... procedural justice / fairness in HR decision-making; employee outcomes related t...
Digital transformation raises challenges related to privacy, inequality, and regulatory scrutiny.
Identified as a key challenge in the paper; the abstract provides no details on how privacy concerns, inequality measures, or regulatory incidents were documented or quantified.
medium negative ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF DIGITALIZATION – CASE... privacy risks/incidents; inequality metrics (income/wealth/ access disparities);...
We lack frameworks for articulating how cultural outputs might be actively beneficial.
Authors' identification of a gap in evaluation theory and practice (conceptual analysis); no systematic literature review details provided in the excerpt.
medium negative AI as Entertainment existence/availability of evaluative frameworks that characterize positive cultu...
Current AI evaluation practices show a critical asymmetry: while AI assessments rigorously measure both benefits and harms of intelligence, they focus almost exclusively on cultural harms.
Authors' review/ critique of existing evaluation frameworks and metrics (qualitative analysis in the paper); the excerpt does not list the reviewed studies or their number.
medium negative AI as Entertainment scope and balance of AI assessment metrics (coverage of benefits vs cultural har...
The field of AI is unprepared to measure or respond to how the proliferation of entertaining AI-generated content will impact society.
Authors' assessment of current evaluation practices and frameworks (qualitative analysis presented in the paper); no empirical metrics or sample sizes provided in the excerpt.
medium negative AI as Entertainment readiness/preparedness of AI research and evaluation frameworks to assess societ...
Interpreting the literature through a socio-technical lens reveals a persistent misalignment between GenAI's fast-evolving technical subsystem and the slower-adapting social subsystem.
Authors' conceptual interpretation of the reviewed studies (28 papers) using socio-technical theory to integrate technical and social themes from the literature.
medium negative The Landscape of Generative AI in Information Systems: A Syn... degree of alignment between technical capabilities of GenAI and social/organizat...
Evidence strength is inversely correlated with intervention complexity.
Cross-domain synthesis reported in the paper that formalises an inverse evidence–complexity relationship based on the reviewed literature. The abstract does not quantify the correlation or list the domains/intervention types used to derive it.
medium negative Agentic AI for Ageing Healthcare Systems in Advanced Economi... evidence strength (quality/quantity of empirical support) versus intervention co...
Per-capita elderly care costs running 3–5 times those of working-age cohorts.
Cost comparisons reported in sources included in the 81-paper review. The abstract reports a 3–5x multiple but does not specify which cost categories, countries, or methodological adjustments were used.
medium negative Agentic AI for Ageing Healthcare Systems in Advanced Economi... per-capita care costs for elderly versus working-age cohorts (cost ratio)