Master thesis · University of St. Gallen

How far should you hand a task over to AI?

AI tools now let founders do many tasks without specialists or agencies. The harder question is which tasks to hand over to AI, and how far. My thesis develops a decision framework for exactly this: twelve Yes / Partly / No questions in three steps (Can AI do the task? Is it worth it? Is the risk acceptable?) that lead to a recommended level from 0 (no AI) to 4 (AI runs the task on its own).

What this survey is about

With this survey I test the framework with founders. You pick one real task from your venture, answer the twelve questions, and get a recommendation for that task. Afterwards I ask how well the recommendation fits your own experience. Your feedback shows where the framework works and where it needs to change.

Who can take part

Founders, co-founders and early team members of startups, ideally from the first years of the company. It takes about 10 minutes.

Participation is voluntary and you can stop at any time. Your answers are stored on a secured server and used only for this master thesis. Results are reported anonymously and only in aggregated form; names of people, ventures and companies are never published. Name and email are optional; personal details are deleted after the thesis has been graded. To withdraw your answers, write to jasminko.kulenovic@student.unisg.ch.