R0007/2026-03-19/C007/H2

Research	R0007 — AI Made Everyone Faster
Run	2026-03-19
Claim	C007
Hypothesis	H2

Statement

Dollar amounts differ

Status

Current: Eliminated

Supporting Evidence

Evidence	Summary
SRC01-E01	Primary evidence from research

Contradicting Evidence

Evidence	Summary
SRC01-E01	Evidence supports alternative hypothesis

Reasoning

Confirmed. Housman and Minor (HBS Working Paper 16-057) studied over 50,000 workers across 11 firms. Avoiding a toxic worker saves approximately $12,489 (from turnover costs), while a top-1% superstar adds approximately $5,303. The 2x+ differential is the paper's headline finding.

Relationship to Other Hypotheses

See assessment.md for full reasoning.