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MIT, Harvard and BCG studied 244 consultants to understand why some get AI superpowers, and others don't. They found AI access created 3 different species of users:

Centaurs: They maintain control, using AI as a tool for specific tasks. (High Accuracy).

Cyborgs: They spar with the AI, treating it like a teammate in a continuous loop. (High AI Fluency).

Self-Automators: They paste a prompt and go get coffee.

That third group is where you don't want to be.

The study found negative skill development.

They stopped thinking critically. Their skills began to atrophy because they delegated the judgment, not just the ex*****on.

The authors are terrified of this idea - if you stop using the muscle, you lose it.

The actual "useful development" involves a back-and-forth with the AI.

Telling it the problem, working on a solution, questioning the output, understanding why AI made the choices it did.

Treating it like a real coworker.

This should be your goal with AI. Sparring with it, continuously.

That's how you become a Centaur and a Cyborg.

The AI solutions we develop for our customers create Cyborgs and Centaurs.

We want to empower your employees, not take their autonomy away.

But if you're not careful, you'll end up with a company of self-automators.

And by the way, over 90% of the interviews we see from our team, are interviewing Self -Automators.

Let that sink in.