arXiv AI

The Human-AI Substitution Principle: When will you be replaced by AI in your organization?

arXiv:2607. 20781v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming organizations, raising a fundamental organizational and economic question: when will a human employee be replaced by AI?

arXiv AI
Aug 11

The Scaling Paradox in Human-AI Collaboration

arXiv:2608. 00818v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: The discovery of scaling laws has highlighted the extraordinary potential of AI systems with a striking empirical pattern: as AI systems scale, their capabilities tend to improve predictably.

By Anyan Qi, Mengxin Wang
arXiv AI
Aug 24

Who Delegates to AI? Evidence from 53,000 Agent Configurations

The paper introduces the Agentic Adoption Index (AAI), a new metric that captures whether workers actually delegate tasks to AI within their workflows, rather than merely measuring potential AI applicability. Using 53,000 agent skill specifications and 18,000 O*NET task statements, the authors find that occupations with high delegation differ from those previously deemed most at risk, that AAI aligns more closely with AI’s capabilities than current usage, and that adoption peaks at mid‑wage, bachelor’s‑level occupations while declining at both ends of the wage and education spectrum. The study highlights that technical availability explains much of the variation, but other factors—such as resistance to specification or professional discretion—also influence who adopts AI. whyItMatters":"The findings suggest that actual AI adoption patterns differ from prior risk assessments, indicating that factors beyond technical feasibility shape who delegates to AI, which has implications for workforce planning and policy."

By Hyeongjae Lee, Jihyang Cheon, Lanu Kim
arXiv AI
Sep 10

Who Delegates to AI? Evidence from Agent Configurations in Github

The paper introduces the Agentic Adoption Index (AAI), a new measure of delegated exposure that captures whether workers actually commit tasks to AI within structured workflows. Using semantic embeddings of 888,000 agent skill specifications from GitHub and 18,000 O*NET task statements, the authors find that occupations with high delegation differ from those most vulnerable to pre-AI automation, that AAI correlates more with technical capability than with current LLM use, and that for lower‑educated occupations AAI rises with wages while it falls for higher‑educated, high‑earning workers. These patterns also appear in an independent corpus from the Manus Skills Marketplace.

By Hyeongjae Lee, Jihyang Cheon, Lanu Kim
arXiv AI
Sep 4

The Psychological Costs of Artificial Intelligence Adoption in Software Engineering

The article examines the psychological costs that software professionals face when organizations adopt artificial intelligence (AI) in software engineering workflows. Through a case study involving 21 interviews at a large software development services company, the authors identify several negative impacts—accountability anxiety, craft identity disruption, erosion of meaning and satisfaction, increased cognitive load and workload, and uncertainty distress. They also describe how practitioners cope by restoring control, adopting protective adaptations, or absorbing the costs, arguing that AI adoption should be viewed as a human transition rather than merely a technological or organizational change.

By Adam Alami, Elda Paja, Abhishek Tiwari