measurement blindness

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