2 papers
cs.AI2026
Crashing Waves vs. Rising Tides: Findings on AI Automation from Thousands of Worker Evaluations of Labor Market Tasks
Matthias Mertens, Adam Kuzee, Brittany S. Harris +6
We characterize AI automation as a continuum between crashing waves, in which capabilities jump abruptly across narrow task sets, and rising tides, in which capabilities improve co…
econ.GN2026
Economics of Human and AI Collaboration: When is Partial Automation More Attractive than Full Automation?
Wensu Li, Atin Aboutorabi, Harry Lyu +4
This paper develops a unified framework for evaluating the optimal degree of task automation. Moving beyond binary automate-or-not assessments, we model automation intensity as a c…