Generative AI platforms cannot yet independently lead meaningful innovation; at best they augment human intelligence for innovation¶
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Currency · newest study 2023 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · recheck by 2026: tool and model accuracy changes quickly
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q1 i? The article argues there is a long way before AI platforms such as ChatGPT can independently produce meaningful product, process or business model innovation. → Dwivedi 2023
Evidence¶
Dwivedi 2023¶
Dwivedi, Y. K., Kshetri, N., Hughes, L., Slade, E. L., Jeyaraj, A., Kar, A. K., Baabdullah, A. M., Koohang, A., Raghavan, V., Ahuja, M., Albanna, H., Albashrawi, M. A., Al-Busaidi, A. S., Balakrishnan, J., Barlette, Y., Basu, S., Bose, I., Brooks, L., Buhalis, D., Carter, L., Chowdhury, S., Crick, T., Cunningham, S. W., Davies, G. H., Davison, R. M., Dé, R., Dennehy, D., Duan, Y., Dubey, R., Dwivedi, R., Edwards, J. S., Flavián, C., Gauld, R., Grover, V., Hu, M.-C., Janssen, M., Jones, P., Junglas, I., Khorana, S., Kraus, S., Larsen, K. R., Latreille, P., Laumer, S., Malik, F. T., Mardani, A., Mariani, M., Mithas, S., Mogaji, E., Nord, J. H., O'Connor, S., Okumus, F., Pagani, M., Pandey, N., Papagiannidis, S., Pappas, I. O., Pathak, N., Pries-Heje, J., Raman, R., Rana, N. P., Rehm, S.-V., Ribeiro-Navarrete, S., Richter, A., Rowe, F., Sarker, S., Stahl, B. C., Tiwari, M. K., van der Aalst, W., Venkatesh, V., Viglia, G., Wade, M., Walton, P., Wirtz, J. and Wright, R. (2023) "So what if ChatGPT wrote it?" Multidisciplinary perspectives on opportunities, challenges and implications of generative conversational AI for research, practice and policy. International Journal of Information Management, 71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2023.102642
q1 · i? · theoretical · r2
Interpretive argument in the innovation-management contribution, reasoning that in complex creative activities a good prompt is not enough for a generative AI system to independently generate a distinctively original product, especially where emotional intelligence is involved.
"there is a long way before AI platforms such as ChatGPT could be capable to lead independently to meaningful product, process, or business model innovation. At best they can help enhance human intelligence for innovation by augmenting human intelligence."
Discussion¶
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Generative AI platforms cannot yet independently lead meaningful innovation; at best they augment human intelligence for innovation |
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Generative AI platforms cannot yet independently lead meaningful innovation; at best they augment human intelligence for innovation |
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