C012 — Claim Definition¶


Research	R0007 — AI Made Everyone Faster
Run	2026-03-19
Claim	C012

Claim as Received¶

Dell'Acqua and Mollick's study of 758 BCG consultants found that bottom-half performers improved by 43% versus 17% for the top half on tasks inside AI's capability frontier.

Claim as Clarified¶

Dell'Acqua and Mollick's study of 758 BCG consultants found that bottom-half performers improved by 43% versus 17% for the top half on tasks inside AI's capability frontier.

BLUF¶

Confirmed. The study (Dell'Acqua, Mollick et al., HBS Working Paper 24-013) involved 758 BCG consultants. Bottom-half performers improved by 43% and top-half by 17% on tasks inside the AI capability frontier. These specific percentages are widely cited.

Scope¶

Domain: Performance and productivity research
Timeframe: As specified in claim
Testability: Verifiable via published literature

Assessment Summary¶

Probability: Almost certain (95-99%)

Confidence: High

Hypothesis outcome: Claim is accurate as stated — Supported.

[Full assessment in assessment.md.]

Status¶

Field	Value
Date created	2026-03-19
Date completed	2026-03-19
Researcher profile	Not provided
Prompt version	Unified Research Standard 1.0-draft
Revisit by	2027-03-19
Revisit trigger	New contradictory evidence or replication failure