In a recent study, researchers partnered withBoston Consulting Group (BCG) Boston Consulting Group (BCG) to examine #AI performance on realistic, complex, knowledge-intensive tasks. More than 750 consultants participated in this study. They were randomly assigned to one of three groups:
1. No AI access
2. GPT-4 access
3. GPT-4 with prompt engineering overview
Researchers found that:
➡️ Consultants using AI were significantly more productive = 12.2% more tasks, 25.1% faster, 40% higher quality.
➡️ Consultants across skill groups benefitted from AI augmentation - those below average improved performance by 43% and those above by 17%.
➡️ For tasks outside "current AI capabilities", consultants using AI were 19% less likely to produce correct solutions.
➡️ Two patterns of AI-use emerged = Centaurs and Cyborgs - those who divided and delegated to AI/themselves and those who integrated AI into tasks with continuous #technology interaction.
AI will have massive transformative effects on the #futureofwork and each one of us will need to test, learn, and adapt as we prepare for a whole new world of "Human + AI possibility".