The Future of Research in an Artificial Intelligence-Driven World

Mukta Kulkarni; Saku Mantere; Eero Vaara; Elmira van den Broek; Stella Pachidi; Vern L. Glaser; Joel Gehman; Gianpiero Petriglieri; Dirk Lindebaum; Lindsey D. Cameron; Hatim A. Rahman; Gazi Islam; Michelle Greenwood

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The Future of Research in an Artificial Intelligence-Driven World

Mukta Kulkarni, Saku Mantere, Eero Vaara, Elmira van den Broek, Stella Pachidi, Vern L. Glaser, Joel Gehman, Gianpiero Petriglieri, Dirk Lindebaum, Lindsey D. Cameron, Hatim A. Rahman, Gazi Islam, Michelle Greenwood

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Abstract

Current and future developments in artificial intelligence (AI) systems have the capacity to revolutionize the research process for better or worse. On the one hand, AI systems can serve as collaborators as they help streamline and conduct our research. On the other hand, such systems can also become our adversaries when they impoverish our ability to learn as theorists, or when they lead us astray through inaccurate, biased, or fake information. No matter which angle is considered, and whether we like it or not, AI systems are here to stay. In this curated discussion, we raise questions about human centrality and agency in the research process, and about the multiple philosophical and practical challenges we are facing now and ones we will face in the future.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	207-229
Number of pages	23
Journal	Journal of Management Inquiry
Volume	33
Issue number	3
Early online date	22 Feb 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/10564926231219622
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2024

Acknowledgements

Elmira van den Broek would like to thank Marleen Huysman for the insightful discussions and thoughtful comments on this essay. Vern L. Glaser and Joel Gehman would like to thank Jennifer Sloan and Dirk Lindebaum for their comments and feedback on this research. This research has been funded in part by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the Alberta School of Business. Dirk Lindebaum gratefully recognizes the support from the Alberta Business Family Institute at the University of Alberta School of Business as part of my visiting professorship. A practitioner-focused version of Dirk Lindebaum's contribution has been published already in Times Higher Education (see https://www.timeshighereducation.com/blog/researchers-embracing-chatgpt-are-turkeys-voting-christmas). Finally, having put identical instructions for writing this short piece to himself and ChatGPT, the output from ChatGPT is available as supplementary material from Dirk Lindebaum for the purpose of contrasting the artificial, superficial and misguided text with the original one published in this curated discussion. Please send an email to [email protected] to obtain the complementary text.

Keywords

agency
AI-human collaboration
artificial intelligence systems
management research

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Business,Management and Accounting
Strategy and Management
Management of Technology and Innovation

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