Pilot Early, Commit Late: A Real-Options Model of Enterprise AI Adoption under Rapid Technological Progress

arXiv:2609.15919 · cs.AI · Submitted 2026-09-14 · Read on arXiv

cs.AI

Submitted: 2026-09-14

Updated: 2026-09-14

Comments: 22 pages, 6 figures, 3 tables

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Modularity — 34× in this paper · explained in 9 episodes
• Generative AI — 4× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Abstraction — 3× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Benchmark — 3× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Adaptation — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Verification — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• AI Integration — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Calibration — 1× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• Core — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Longitudinal Data — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Modular Architecture — 1× in this paper · explained in 4 episodes

Sources

• The Human-AI Substitution Principle: When will you be replaced by AI in your organization?
• Making the Invisible Visible: Understanding the Mismatch Between Organizational Goals and Worker Experiences in AI Adoption

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