How Knowledge Workers Think Generative AI Will (Not) Transform Their Industries

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Autori principali: Woodruff, Allison, Shelby, Renee, Kelley, Patrick Gage, Rousso-Schindler, Steven, Smith-Loud, Jamila, Wilcox, Lauren
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Pubblicazione: 2023
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author Woodruff, Allison
Shelby, Renee
Kelley, Patrick Gage
Rousso-Schindler, Steven
Smith-Loud, Jamila
Wilcox, Lauren
author_facet Woodruff, Allison
Shelby, Renee
Kelley, Patrick Gage
Rousso-Schindler, Steven
Smith-Loud, Jamila
Wilcox, Lauren
contents Generative AI is expected to have transformative effects in multiple knowledge industries. To better understand how knowledge workers expect generative AI may affect their industries in the future, we conducted participatory research workshops for seven different industries, with a total of 54 participants across three US cities. We describe participants' expectations of generative AI's impact, including a dominant narrative that cut across the groups' discourse: participants largely envision generative AI as a tool to perform menial work, under human review. Participants do not generally anticipate the disruptive changes to knowledge industries currently projected in common media and academic narratives. Participants do however envision generative AI may amplify four social forces currently shaping their industries: deskilling, dehumanization, disconnection, and disinformation. We describe these forces, and then we provide additional detail regarding attitudes in specific knowledge industries. We conclude with a discussion of implications and research challenges for the HCI community.
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spellingShingle How Knowledge Workers Think Generative AI Will (Not) Transform Their Industries
Woodruff, Allison
Shelby, Renee
Kelley, Patrick Gage
Rousso-Schindler, Steven
Smith-Loud, Jamila
Wilcox, Lauren
Computers and Society
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Generative AI is expected to have transformative effects in multiple knowledge industries. To better understand how knowledge workers expect generative AI may affect their industries in the future, we conducted participatory research workshops for seven different industries, with a total of 54 participants across three US cities. We describe participants' expectations of generative AI's impact, including a dominant narrative that cut across the groups' discourse: participants largely envision generative AI as a tool to perform menial work, under human review. Participants do not generally anticipate the disruptive changes to knowledge industries currently projected in common media and academic narratives. Participants do however envision generative AI may amplify four social forces currently shaping their industries: deskilling, dehumanization, disconnection, and disinformation. We describe these forces, and then we provide additional detail regarding attitudes in specific knowledge industries. We conclude with a discussion of implications and research challenges for the HCI community.
title How Knowledge Workers Think Generative AI Will (Not) Transform Their Industries
topic Computers and Society
K.4.1; K.4.2; K.4.3
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.06778