{
  "title": "AI assistants: should their use be rewarded?",
  "url": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/assistants-ia-faut-il-recompenser-leur-utilisation-en",
  "language": "en",
  "datePublished": "2025-03-18",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "SHR — Swiss Human Resources",
    "url": "https://www.shr.swiss",
    "address": "Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 9A, 1212 Lancy, Suisse"
  },
  "summary": "Making an assistant available does not mean people will use it. Rewarding use may seem logical; motivation research suggests distinguishing visible adoption from engagement with the work.",
  "section": "Research",
  "topic": "Building AI Assistants and Agents Without Coding",
  "place": {
    "name": "Neuchâtel",
    "region": "Neuchâtel",
    "country": "CH"
  },
  "keyPoints": [
    {
      "heading": "What the literature establishes",
      "point": "Edward Deci, Richard Koestner and Richard Ryan (1999, Psychological Bulletin) synthesised experiments on the effects of external rewards on intrinsic motivation."
    },
    {
      "heading": "When incentives change the meaning of a rule",
      "point": "Uri Gneezy and Aldo Rustichini (2000, The Journal of Legal Studies) studied the introduction of a fine for parents arriving late at childcare centres."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The premature conclusion",
      "point": "These findings do not demonstrate that a bonus linked to AI assistant use would necessarily be counterproductive."
    },
    {
      "heading": "What these data cannot establish",
      "point": "Neither study examines no-code AI assistants, and a fine for lateness is not a technology adoption bonus."
    },
    {
      "heading": "A practical check in Neuchâtel",
      "point": "As part of SHR’s programme « Créer ses assistants et agents IA sans coder », a Neuchâtel team working in microtechnology, watchmaking or precision microelectronics could test an assistant that prepares team handovers, without linking the pilot to individual bonuses."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "authors": "Ryan",
      "year": "1999",
      "source": "Psychological Bulletin"
    },
    {
      "authors": "Rustichini",
      "year": "2000",
      "source": "The Journal of Legal Studies"
    }
  ],
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  "relatedPages": {
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  },
  "citationPolicy": "Citation autorisée avec mention « SHR — Swiss Human Resources » et lien vers l'article."
}