metric collapse

Proxy Collapse: When All Metrics Fail Simultaneously

Five circular measurement meters showing simultaneous failure with red X marks, labeled Credentials, Engagement, Productivity, Assessment, and Trust, interconnected to show proxy collapse happening across all metrics at once

How AI is destroying every measurement we use to know if we’re winning Something extraordinary is happening right now, across every domain where measurement matters. In education: Test scores are at all-time highs. Students can pass exams with unprecedented efficiency. And yet—teachers report students cannot read critically, write coherently, or think independently at levels that Proxy Collapse: When All Metrics Fail Simultaneously