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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

Why AI Makes Smart People Worse — And Why We Didn’t Notice

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Senior professional working with AI device while expertise visually disintegrates on other side, illustrating how AI assistance degrades expert capability faster than novice knowledge through removal of cognitive persistence

The most experienced professionals are becoming less capable faster than novices. Output increases. Judgment collapses. Nobody measured what mattered. I. The Pattern Senior Professionals Notice A CTO with fifteen years of architecture experience begins using AI coding assistance. Productivity doubles. Code ships faster. Metrics improve across every dimension management tracks. Six months later, a junior … Why AI Makes Smart People Worse — And Why We Didn’t Notice