AI Affordances Perception for the Transformation of Mobility Ecosystems

Artificial Intelligence (AI) can transform organisations, industries, and ecosystems if organisations explore the AI affordances. Likewise, researchers should investigate what AI affordances organisations perceive, actualise, and why - areas that are in dire need of conceptual and empirical research. The conceptual distinction between AI affordances perception and other AI related constructs should not be ignored. This research develops a contextualised conceptual framework to explain AI affordances perception of organisations within the mobility ecosystem. Drawing from the affordances and social cognitive theories, the study proposes two AI affordances perception constructs, that is, vicarious and autonomous AI affordances. It develops a nomological net of factors and suggests propositions how these factors might influence the two AI affordances perceptions. Our conceptual work offers a foundation for investigating AI affordances and developing other models related to AI affordances actualisation. Future research can test and validate the framework.