We are excited to announce that Prof. Vivianna Fang He from University College London, London, will be delivering a seminar on Tool and Tutor? Experimental evidence from AI deployment in cancer diagnosis.
Abstract: Professionals increasingly use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to enhance their capabilities and assist with task execution. While prior research has examined these uses separately, their potential interaction remains underexplored. We propose that AI-driventraining (“tutor”) and AI-assisted task completion (“tool”) can have a joint effect on humancapability and test this hypothesis in the context of lung cancer diagnosis. In a field experiment with 336 medical students, we manipulated AI deployment in training, inpractice, and in both. Our findings reveal that while AI-integrated training and AI assistance independently improved diagnostic performance, their combination yielded the highest accuracy. These results underscore AI’s dual role in enhancing human performance throughboth learning and real-time support, offering insights into AI deployment in professional settings where human expertise remains essential.
Short Bio: Vivianna Fang He is an Associate Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the School of Management, University College London (UCL). Her research, focusing on collaboration in innovation activities, has been published in leading science (e.g., Natural Reviews Drug Discovery) and management journals (e.g., Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, Academy of Management Annuals) and won prestigious grants from the Swiss National Science Foundation. Vivianna earned her PhD degree in Management from the School of Business, George Washington University (USA). Prior to joining UCL, she has worked at ETH Zürich, ESSEC Business School, and University of St Gallen, where she co-founded Institute of Responsible Innovation—an interdisciplinary research centre focusing on innovative technologies and organizational forms for the societal good.
