Innovation Is by Humans for Humans. Commentary on ‘Artificial Intelligence, Entrepreneurial Discovery, and Embodied Tacit Knowledge’ by Ismail Kurun
Kurun (2026) provides a new argument against the possibility of replicating entrepreneurship with AI. The reference is to the socialist calculation debate, where it is contended that AI technology may enable us one day to plan the economy centrally through data analysis and predictive techniques. The paper itself argues that entrepreneurial discovery and, subsequently, innovation and economic evol