Session Type: PDW Workshop
Program Session: 145 | Submission: 12888 | Sponsor(s): (ENT, TIM)
Scheduled: Friday, Aug 9 2019 12:30PM - 2:30PM at Boston Marriott Copley Place in Tremont |
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Entrepreneurial Action and Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Theory, Research, and Practice
Entrepreneurial Action and Artificial Intelligence |
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Chair: David Matthew Townsend, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U.
Chair: Richard Hunt, Virginia Tech
Panelist: Saras Sarasvathy, U. of Virginia
Panelist: Peter G. Klein, Baylor U.
Panelist: Moren Levesque, York U.
Panelist: Ben Jantzen, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U.
Panelist: Sean Lorenz, Independent Practioner |
| Scholars are just beginning to grapple with the immense economic, social, and political transformations the emergence of artificial intelligence will effectuate in society. These issues are especially acute in the field of entrepreneurship where the advent of computationally intelligent machines is rapidly transforming the practice and funding of nascent stage ventures. The purpose of this PDW is to draw together an expert panel of both entrepreneurs who are building leading-edge AI ventures and leading theorists from the field of entrepreneurship for a robust discussion on the implications of AI for the field of entrepreneurship research. Among the topics the panelists will discuss includes a discussion on an emerging "augmentation thesis" that rejects the oppositional framing of AI versus human decision-making (i.e., humans versus the machine) in favor of a collaborative model whereby AI technologies augment and enhance the existing judgment-based and decision-making capabilities of entrepreneurs. Through these conversations, our objective is to stimulate interest and to forge collaborative research engagements among entrepreneurship scholars to develop novel research questions that investigate important issues emerging from the intersection of AI and entrepreneurship. |
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David Townsend
Blacksburg VA
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