capability measurement

We Taught Machines Faster Than We Taught Humans — And Didn’t Notice the Crossover

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Somewhere in the past eighteen months, a threshold was crossed. Machines began accumulating genuine capability faster than the humans teaching them. Nobody measured when this happened. We have no instrumentation for the crossover. I. The Metrics That Hide Everything Three measurements suggest education and capability development are succeeding at unprecedented levels: AI productivity metrics exceed … We Taught Machines Faster Than We Taught Humans — And Didn’t Notice the Crossover

Nobody Knows If We’re Getting Better or Worse Anymore

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Person at crossroads between successful green city and apocalyptic red city, unable to tell which path leads where, illustrating measurement blindness where success and failure metrics look identical

Every metric says we’re improving. Nobody can tell if that’s true. The ability to know is gone. I. The Question Nobody Can Answer Ask any organization: Are you getting better? They will show you dashboards. Productivity up 40%. Customer satisfaction at all-time highs. Revenue growing. Efficiency metrics exceeding targets. Every number green. Every trend upward. … Nobody Knows If We’re Getting Better or Worse Anymore

We Are Teaching Machines While Forgetting How to Learn

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Human figure fading while teaching glowing AI brain, illustrating training asymmetry where machines learn from every interaction while humans forget how to learn through struggle removal

The more we teach machines, the less we notice that humans are no longer learning. Not learning less. Forgetting how. Key findings: Training asymmetry: AI learns from every interaction. Humans learn only through struggle. When AI removes struggle, machines continue learning while humans stop. Invisible erosion: Productivity, quality, and satisfaction metrics all improve while capability … We Are Teaching Machines While Forgetting How to Learn

The Last Measurable Generation: Why Children Born Today Are Humanity’s Final Control Group

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Child at crossroads between human baseline and AI-assisted future, illustrating the last measurable generation before control group extinction makes human capability unmeasurable

In ten years, we lose the ability to know what humans are capable of without AI. Not hypothetically. Structurally. Permanently. I. The Child Who Will Never Know A child is born today. By age three, conversational AI answers her questions. By five, AI tutors guide her learning. By seven, AI assists every homework assignment. By … The Last Measurable Generation: Why Children Born Today Are Humanity’s Final Control Group