Are we at an inflection point of Human + AI partnership?

In a recent study, researchers partnered with Boston Consulting Group (BCG) to examine AI performance on realistic, complex, knowledge-intensive tasks. More than 750 consultants participated in this study. They were randomly assigned to one of three groups:

1. No AI access

2. GPT-4 access

3. GPT-4 with prompt engineering overview

Researchers found that:

➡️ Consultants using AI were significantly more productive = 12.2% more tasks, 25.1% faster, 40% higher quality.

➡️ Consultants across skill groups benefitted from AI augmentation - those below average improved performance by 43% and those above by 17%.

➡️ For tasks outside "current AI capabilities", consultants using AI were 19% less likely to produce correct solutions.

➡️ Two patterns of AI-use emerged = Centaurs and Cyborgs - those who divided and delegated to AI/themselves and those who integrated AI into tasks with continuous technology interaction.

AI will have massive transformative effects on the future of work and each one of us will need to test, learn, and adapt as we prepare for a whole new world of "Human + AI possibility".

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Ram Srinivasan

MIT Alum | Author, The Conscious Machine | Global Future of Work and AI Adoption Leader published in Business Insider, Fortune, Harvard Business Review, MIT Executive Viewpoints and more.

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