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Little by little, newspapers are revealing the bright future that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is building. Intelligent machines will help everywhere. However, this bright future has a dark side: a dramatic job market contraction before its…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2019-04-17 Fabio Massimo Zanzotto

Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) will transform modern life by reshaping transportation, health, science, finance, and the military. To adapt public policy, we need to better anticipate these advances. Here we report the results…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2018-05-07 Katja Grace , John Salvatier , Allan Dafoe , Baobao Zhang , Owain Evans

Experimental evidence confirms that AI tools raise worker productivity, but also that sustained use can erode the expertise on which those gains depend. We develop a dynamic model in which a decision-maker chooses AI usage intensity for a…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-05-22 Michael Caosun , Sinan Aral

As different research works report and daily life experiences confirm, learning models can result in biased outcomes. The biased learned models usually replicate historical discrimination in society and typically negatively affect the less…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-01-27 Juana Valeria Hurtado , Valentina Mejia

Robotics Process Automation is revolutionizing business operations by significantly enhancing efficiency, productivity, and operational excellence across various industries. This manuscript delivers a comprehensive review of recent…

Discussion about the replacement of intellectual human labour by ``thinking machines'' has been present in the public and expert discourse since the creation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) as an idea and terminology since the middle of the…

General Literature · Computer Science 2025-10-28 Stanislav Selitskiy , Chihiro Inoue

Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) stands as a transformative force that presents a paradox; it offers unprecedented opportunities for productivity growth while potentially posing significant threats to economic stability and societal…

Against the backdrop of rising anxiety and discussions on the impact of AI on society, I explore in this article the structural possibilities of AI and automation triggering a new social conflict between the current capitalist elites and…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-11-24 Gevorg Yeghikyan

Artificial intelligence tools are increasingly embedded in everyday work, yet employees' uptake varies widely even within the same organization. Drawing on sociotechnical and work design perspectives, this research examines whether…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2026-02-27 Aaron Reich , Diana Wolfe , Matt Price , Alice Choe , Fergus Kidd , Hannah Wagner

Education is being transformed by rapid advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI), including emerging Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI). Such technology can significantly support academics and students by automating monotonous tasks…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-11-15 Wasiq Khan , Luke K. Topham , Peter Atherton , Raghad Al-Shabandar , Hoshang Kolivand , Iftikhar Khan , Abir Hussain

Robotic process automation (RPA) and its next evolutionary stage, intelligent process automation, promise to drive improvements in efficiencies and process outcomes. However, how can business leaders evaluate how to integrate intelligent…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2020-10-16 Vinod Muthusamy , Merve Unuvar , Hagen Völzer , Justin D. Weisz

The design of work organisation systems with automated equipment is facing new challenges and the emergence of new concepts. The social aspects that are related with new concepts on the complex work environments (CWE) are becoming more…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2015-07-23 António Brandão Moniz

In recent years, there has been a growing recognition of the need to incorporate lay-people's input into the governance and acceptability assessment of AI usage. However, how and why people judge acceptability of different AI use cases…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-06-02 Jimin Mun , Wei Bin Au Yeong , Wesley Hanwen Deng , Jana Schaich Borg , Maarten Sap

The growing adoption of algorithm-powered tools in journalism enables new possibilities and raises many concerns. One way of addressing these concerns is by integrating journalistic practices and values into the design of algorithms that…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-11-21 Mariella Bastian , Damian Trilling , Mykola Makhortykh

Occupational mobility is an emergent strategy to cope with technological unemployment by facilitating efficient labor redeployment. However, previous studies analyzing networks show that the boundaries to smooth mobility are constrained by…

Physics and Society · Physics 2024-11-07 Soohyoung Lee , Dawoon Jeong , Jeong-Dong Lee

In this thorough study, we took a closer look at the skepticism that has arisen with respect to potential dangers associated with artificial intelligence, denoted as AI Risk Skepticism. Our study takes into account different points of view…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2023-03-08 Vemir Michael Ambartsoumean , Roman V. Yampolskiy

A firm can complete the tasks needed to produce output using either machines or workers. Unlike machines, workers have private information about their preferences over tasks. I study how this information asymmetry shapes the mechanism used…

Theoretical Economics · Economics 2025-11-05 Quitzé Valenzuela-Stookey

This position paper argues that adopting AI in organizational practice does not guarantee productivity gains, because human and environmental factors critically moderate the relationship between AI deployment and realized productivity…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2026-05-26 Won Ik Cho , Seong-hun Kim , Geunhye Kim

Recent developments in artificial intelligence (AI) have permeated through an array of different immersive environments, including virtual, augmented, and mixed realities. AI brings a wealth of potential that centers on its ability to…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-05-10 Wangfan Li , Rohit Mallick , Carlos Toxtli-Hernandez , Christopher Flathmann , Nathan J. McNeese

Large and ever-evolving technology companies continue to invest more time and resources to incorporate responsible Artificial Intelligence (AI) into production-ready systems to increase algorithmic accountability. This paper examines and…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2021-03-04 Bogdana Rakova , Jingying Yang , Henriette Cramer , Rumman Chowdhury