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Evidence (8974 claims)

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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 882 244 117 1097 2424
Governance & Regulation 1010 469 229 135 1875
Organizational Efficiency 977 235 149 90 1462
Technology Adoption Rate 781 299 143 128 1362
Research Productivity 506 155 74 363 1110
Output Quality 555 219 71 70 915
Decision Quality 395 200 95 54 751
Firm Productivity 523 67 101 27 724
AI Safety & Ethics 262 309 75 36 688
Market Structure 195 201 135 30 566
Task Allocation 248 77 96 38 464
Innovation Output 300 34 55 20 411
Skill Acquisition 207 75 65 21 368
Employment Level 138 67 119 24 350
Fiscal & Macroeconomic 156 80 53 33 329
Task Completion Time 211 38 13 16 280
Firm Revenue 183 52 29 5 270
Consumer Welfare 131 77 48 13 269
Inequality Measures 50 141 54 9 254
Worker Satisfaction 104 85 25 13 227
Error Rate 87 112 11 5 215
Automation Exposure 69 69 37 20 198
Wages & Compensation 102 49 31 11 193
Team Performance 115 30 30 11 187
Regulatory Compliance 88 74 17 7 186
Training Effectiveness 109 22 14 21 168
Developer Productivity 116 21 15 8 161
Job Displacement 12 92 26 1 131
Hiring & Recruitment 57 12 9 5 83
Skill Obsolescence 6 59 10 2 77
Social Protection 43 17 8 2 70
Creative Output 35 21 9 4 70
Labor Share of Income 18 23 17 1 59
Worker Turnover 15 16 4 35
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Systemic alignment between AI algorithms' technological potential, organizational support, and the human factor is necessary to convert AI-driven benefits into sustainable economic growth.
Practical recommendations derived from the theoretical framework, analysis of micro-mechanisms, and observed mismatch between micro gains and macro productivity trends.
high positive Analysis of labor productivity in the context of technologic... effectiveness of AI integration in producing sustained economic growth
Localized micro-level effects of AI implementation include accelerated skill acquisition by employees.
Corporate case analyses and empirical reports indicating faster learning/skill uptake associated with AI-assisted workflows, as synthesized in the paper.
high positive Analysis of labor productivity in the context of technologic... rate of employee skill acquisition
Localized micro-level effects of AI implementation include enhanced quality of generated solutions.
Evidence drawn from corporate cases and empirical reports described in the study showing improvements in output quality when AI tools are used.
high positive Analysis of labor productivity in the context of technologic... quality of generated solutions
Localized micro-level effects of AI implementation include reduced operational task execution time.
Corporate case analyses and empirical reports cited in the paper documenting reductions in task execution time after AI tools are deployed.
high positive Analysis of labor productivity in the context of technologic... operational task execution time
The advent of an "artificial intelligence phase" in the US macroeconomic productivity dynamics is justified (identified as a new phase following earlier cycles).
Periodization based on calculated AAPC indices from BLS aggregated productivity series and comparative retrospective analysis of macroeconomic cycles.
high positive Analysis of labor productivity in the context of technologic... emergence of an AI-determined macroeconomic phase
Practically, organizations should embed AI technologies in HR systems that foster learning, knowledge utilization, and continuous innovation.
Practical recommendation offered by authors grounded in their empirical results (survey of 750 responses showing mediating roles of AI self-efficacy and digital HRM practices).
high positive AI Usage and Employee Performance: The Dual Roles of AI Self... organizational_practice_recommendation
The study advances knowledge management theory by highlighting the complementary roles of individual cognitive beliefs (AI self-efficacy) and HR systems (digital HRM practices) in enabling AI-driven learning and capability development.
Author-stated theoretical contribution based on integration of empirical findings and theory; interpretation and framing provided in the paper.
Digital HRM practices function as a significant positive mediator that helps translate AI adoption into enhanced innovation performance.
Mediation analysis reported in the paper using survey data (750 valid responses); paper explicitly states digital HRM practices mediate the AI usage → innovation performance relationship.
Digital HRM practices function as a significant positive mediator that helps translate AI adoption into enhanced employee job performance.
Mediation analysis reported in the paper using survey data (750 valid responses); paper explicitly states digital HRM practices are a significant mediator between AI usage and work performance.
AI self-efficacy functions as a significant positive mediator that helps translate AI adoption into enhanced innovation performance.
Mediation analysis reported in the paper using survey data (750 valid responses); paper explicitly states AI self-efficacy mediates the AI usage → innovation performance relationship.
AI self-efficacy functions as a significant positive mediator that helps translate AI adoption into enhanced employee job performance.
Mediation analysis reported in the paper using survey data (750 valid responses); paper explicitly states AI self-efficacy is a significant positive mediator between AI usage and work performance.
AI usage contributes to enhanced innovation performance.
Cross-sectional survey analysis of 750 responses; paper reports positive association between AI adoption/usage and organizational/employee-level innovation outcomes.
AI usage contributes to improved employee job performance.
Cross-sectional survey analysis of 750 responses; paper reports positive association between AI adoption/usage and employee job performance (analysis described as testing mediation via cognitive and HR mechanisms).
Dynamic retrieval architectures are structurally insulated from the combinatorial collapse in task-success probability that afflicts manual attachment approaches.
Comparative theoretical analysis within the paper contrasting model behavior under manual attachment versus dynamic retrieval architectures (described analytically, based on the probabilistic model).
high positive The Context Access Divide: Interaction-Level Architecture as... task-success probability under dynamic retrieval
Using agriculture as a revealing template, the paper shows how embodied AI reshapes business models in traditional industries, moving them from product performance toward continuous workflow optimization, lifecycle-based orchestration, and recurring, trust-based monetization.
Conceptual application/example stated in the abstract (sectoral illustrative case in agriculture; theoretical case analysis rather than empirical study).
high positive Embodied Artificial Intelligence (AI) business model dynamic... business model change in traditional industries (workflow optimization, orchestr...
The paper derives nine propositions specifying how embodied AI transforms business models.
Count of theoretical propositions stated in the abstract (conceptual contribution).
high positive Embodied Artificial Intelligence (AI) business model dynamic... number and content of theoretical propositions about business model transformati...
The authors develop two complementary models: (1) a transition model showing how business models shift from asset-based and episodic logics toward adaptive, data-driven systems; and (2) an integrative embodied AI business model grid explaining how changes are generated through reconfiguration of value activities, interdependencies, and governance across actors and technologies.
Paper's stated theoretical contribution in the abstract (development of two conceptual models).
high positive Embodied Artificial Intelligence (AI) business model dynamic... business model configuration and transition toward data-driven models
Firms must redesign what activities are performed, how they are linked, and who controls them when adopting embodied AI.
Conceptual proposition in the abstract arguing organizational redesign is required (theoretical reasoning).
high positive Embodied Artificial Intelligence (AI) business model dynamic... organizational design (activities, linkages, governance)
Embodied AI participates in operations and moves beyond supporting decision-making to become a constitutive element of value creation.
Theoretical/analytical claim presented in the abstract as part of the paper's argument (conceptual analysis).
high positive Embodied Artificial Intelligence (AI) business model dynamic... role of AI in firm value creation and operations
Embodied Artificial Intelligence (AI) refers to AI systems in which intelligence is embedded in physical systems and emerges through interaction with its environment, acting through continuous cycles of sensing, decision-making, actuation, and learning.
Conceptual/definitional statement made in the paper's abstract (theoretical definition).
high positive Embodied Artificial Intelligence (AI) business model dynamic... definition and scope of embodied AI (sensing, decision-making, actuation, learni...
The paper provides novel causal evidence on how discretion design in human-supervised AI affects decision quality.
Randomized field experiment with causal identification via random assignment to override regimes; analyses of primary outcomes and LATE for selection effects.
high positive A Simple Solution to Improving Human Supervision of Algorith... Causal effect of discretion design on decision outcomes
Gains are largest for experienced workers, high-incentive SKUs, and growth-stage SKUs.
Heterogeneous treatment effect analysis in the randomized experiment showing larger effects in subgroups defined by worker experience, SKU incentive level, and SKU growth stage.
high positive A Simple Solution to Improving Human Supervision of Algorith... Effect size of constrained override on inventory/sales by subgroup
Under constrained overrides, workers select better SKUs to override, confirmed via local average treatment effects.
Analysis using local average treatment effects (LATE) reported in paper showing that constrained policy leads to selection of higher-value SKUs for overrides.
high positive A Simple Solution to Improving Human Supervision of Algorith... Quality/value of SKUs selected for override (selection quality)
Constrained overrides reduce inventory by 1.28% without harming sales.
Randomized field experiment comparing constrained-overrides arm (two-per-machine downward limit) to control and/or free overrides; reported 1.28% inventory reduction and no statistically significant negative effect on sales.
high positive A Simple Solution to Improving Human Supervision of Algorith... Inventory level (primary) and Sales (no harm)
We propose a constrained override policy that limits overrides per decision episode to enable selective filtering that prioritizes high-value overrides.
Conceptual/methodological proposal in the paper; motivates the experimental intervention (no direct quantitative evidence presented for the proposal itself aside from subsequent experimental test).
high positive A Simple Solution to Improving Human Supervision of Algorith... Policy design (override constraint)
A design oriented prompt raised visual quality, 4.5 versus 3.0 on a 5 point scale, without lifting function, and a one paragraph paraphrase of its directive reproduced the entire lift.
Comparison of visual quality scores across prompt conditions reporting mean visual quality 4.5 vs 3.0 (5-point scale) with no change in functional score; paraphrase reproduced effect.
high positive Reasoning effort, not tool access, buys first-try reliabilit... visual quality score (5-point scale) and functional score
Raising reasoning effort from High to xHigh lifted first try perfect runs from 28 percent to 89 percent and cut corrective prompts about five fold, for 9 to 29 percent more cost.
Experimental comparison of two reasoning effort levels reporting first-try perfect run rates (28% → 89%), reduction in corrective prompts (~5x reduction), and cost increase (9–29%).
high positive Reasoning effort, not tool access, buys first-try reliabilit... first-try perfect run rate, number of corrective prompts, development cost
Capability tier dominated: frontier models clustered near the ceiling while a low cost local model fell to 24 to 37 points.
Comparison of aggregate scores across model capability tiers reported in the study; reported score range for the low-cost local model (24–37 points out of 42).
high positive Reasoning effort, not tool access, buys first-try reliabilit... functional score (rubric total out of 42)
The paper recommends that the regulatory authority in Nigeria design guidelines for AI adoption in banks.
Policy/recommendation stated in the paper's conclusions, offered in response to the observed positive associations between AI investments/automation and bank ROA.
high positive Artificial Intelligence Structured Investment and Financial ... Regulatory guidance for AI adoption (recommended action)
The paper recommends that banks in Nigeria invest more in AI infrastructure and invest in staff capacity in AI technologies.
Policy/recommendation stated in the paper's conclusions, based on the reported empirical associations between AI-related investments/activities and ROA.
high positive Artificial Intelligence Structured Investment and Financial ... Skill acquisition / capacity building (recommended action)
AI-structured investments have a significant impact on asset utilization in Nigeria.
Synthesis/conclusion drawn from the empirical results (positive and significant associations between AI investment/disclosure/automation measures and ROA) using secondary data from ten purposively selected DMBs listed on the Nigerian Exchange Group for 2015–2024.
high positive Artificial Intelligence Structured Investment and Financial ... Asset utilization (proxied by Return on Assets, ROA)
Bank size has a positive impact on the return on assets (ROA) of banks in Nigeria.
Empirical analysis of secondary data (ex post facto design) covering ten purposively selected DMBs listed on the Nigerian Exchange Group from 2015 to 2024; bank size was included as an explanatory/control variable and found to have a positive association with ROA in the paper's analysis.
AI operational automation using chatbots has a positive and significant impact on the return on assets (ROA) of banks in Nigeria.
Empirical analysis using an ex post facto research design on secondary data from ten purposively selected DMBs listed on the Nigerian Exchange Group for the period 2015–2024. The paper reports that measures of operational automation (chatbot use) are positively and significantly associated with ROA.
AI software expenses disclosure has a positive and significant impact on the return on assets (ROA) of banks in Nigeria.
Empirical analysis using an ex post facto research design on secondary data from ten purposively selected DMBs listed on the Nigerian Exchange Group for the period 2015–2024. The paper reports a positive and statistically significant association between disclosed AI software expenses and ROA.
AI software book value has a positive and significant impact on the return on assets (ROA) of banks in Nigeria.
Empirical analysis using an ex post facto research design on secondary data from ten purposively selected deposit money banks (DMBs) listed on the Nigerian Exchange Group for the period 2015–2024. The paper reports that AI software book value is positively and significantly associated with ROA (regression results reported in the paper).
Adoption restructured code review around automation: per-reviewer load roughly doubled.
Counts of review actions per reviewer over time reported in paper; authors state per-reviewer load approximately doubled after adoption/mandate.
high positive AI Writes Faster Than Humans Can Review: A Longitudinal Stud... per-reviewer load (review actions per reviewer)
A staggered difference-in-differences design links the within-developer share of this gain to AI adoption and to a further gain that grows with accumulated use.
Quasi-experimental analysis using a staggered difference-in-differences design on the developer-level panel; within-developer variation in AI adoption and cumulative usage examined.
high positive AI Writes Faster Than Humans Can Review: A Longitudinal Stud... within-developer contribution of AI adoption and cumulative use to productivity ...
Per-capita throughput eventually doubled, reaching 2.09x the pre-mandate baseline in April 2026.
Outcome measurement of merged pull requests per engineer over time (panel analysis); reported multiplier (2.09x) at April 2026 relative to pre-mandate baseline.
high positive AI Writes Faster Than Humans Can Review: A Longitudinal Stud... per-capita throughput (merged pull requests per engineer)
We study a documented enterprise "2x" mandate at a mid-sized, AI-forward company that has been committed to doubling merged pull requests per engineer since mid-2025.
Paper describes a single documented case study (one mid-sized firm) with an internal mandate beginning mid-2025; qualitative documentation of the mandate reported in methods.
high positive AI Writes Faster Than Humans Can Review: A Longitudinal Stud... existence of a firm-level mandate to double merged pull requests per engineer
AI adoption is likely to have a positive effect on labour productivity in the United States, but the magnitude will depend on broad diffusion, responsible governance, reskilling, and effective integration into real production processes.
Paper's concluding synthesis of secondary macro/micro evidence and recent experimental studies.
high positive Effect of Artificial Intelligence Adoption on Labour Product... labour productivity in the United States
Recent experiments (published from 2020 onward) show strong task-level productivity gains, including faster writing, improved customer support performance, and quicker software development.
Paper cites experimental research from 2020+ reporting task-level improvements in writing speed, customer support metrics, and software development tasks.
high positive Effect of Artificial Intelligence Adoption on Labour Product... task-level productivity (writing speed, customer support performance, software d...
AI enables faster knowledge processing.
Conceptual assertion in the paper supported by secondary evidence and experimental studies about information/knowledge tasks.
high positive Effect of Artificial Intelligence Adoption on Labour Product... speed/efficiency of knowledge processing
AI supports software development, enabling quicker software development.
Paper cites recent experiments (from 2020 onward) showing faster software development when using AI tools.
high positive Effect of Artificial Intelligence Adoption on Labour Product... software development speed/productivity
AI adoption can automate routine cognitive tasks.
Conceptual claim in paper, supported by secondary literature on task automation and cited experimental work.
high positive Effect of Artificial Intelligence Adoption on Labour Product... automation of routine cognitive tasks
AI adoption can improve worker decision-making.
Paper's conceptual synthesis and references to experimental research indicating decision support benefits.
high positive Effect of Artificial Intelligence Adoption on Labour Product... quality of worker decision-making
AI adoption can raise labour productivity by reducing task completion time.
Conceptual argument in paper supported by recent experimental research (studies from 2020 onward) showing faster task completion in specific tasks.
AI is increasingly used in software development, customer service, professional writing, data analytics, health services, logistics, finance, and other knowledge-intensive activities.
Reported in paper based on secondary evidence from multiple sources (listed above).
Artificial intelligence (AI) adoption has become one of the most important economic changes in the United States.
Statement in paper supported by secondary literature synthesis (U.S. Census Bureau, BLS, OECD, IMF, Stanford AI Index, McKinsey Global Institute, NBER).
high positive Effect of Artificial Intelligence Adoption on Labour Product... importance/scale of AI adoption
Wages of labor that is essential for building AI increase faster than overall GDP.
Analytical economic model / comparative statics showing relative wage growth for AI-building labor. No empirical sample reported.
high positive The Economic Benefits and Costs of AI and Policies to Mitiga... wages of AI-production-essential labor
The article contributes to organisation studies by theorising agentic AI as an emerging object of organising and by specifying the interface conditions under which human and agentic organisational behaviour can jointly support collective intelligence.
Author's stated contribution in the paper (conceptual/theoretical contribution). Method: synthesis/theorisation; no empirical quantification provided in excerpt.
high positive The Organizational Behavior of Agentic AI: Collective Intell... theorisation and specification of interface conditions for joint human-agent col...