The allocation of decision authority by a principal to either a human agent or an artificial intelligence (AI) is examined. The principal trades off an AI's more aligned choice with the need to motivate the human agent to expend effort in learning choice payoffs. When agent effort is desired, it...

This paper examines the role of artificial intelligence as a strategist in organizational decision-making by extending van den Steen's formal theory of strategy. A mathematical model is developed comparing AI and human strategists across different decision contexts, focusing on how each type...

This paper examines how the introduction of artificial intelligence (AI), particularly generative and large language models capable of interpolating precisely between known data points, reshapes scientists' incentives for pursuing novel versus incremental research. Extending the theoretical...