R0007/2026-03-20/C013/SRC01/E01

Research	R0007 — AI Cognitive Amplifier
Run	2026-03-20
Claim	C013
Source	SRC01
Evidence	SRC01-E01
Type	Statistical

Substantially confirmed. The BCG study found consultants using AI on tasks outside the frontier performed worse. Some sources report 19 percentage points, others report 20% worse. The exact figure may vary by metric (percentage points vs. percentage). The core finding of degraded performance outside the frontier is robust. URL: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4573321

Extract

For tasks outside the AI frontier, consultants using AI performed 19 percentage points worse (some sources say 20% worse) than those without AI. This demonstrates the 'jagged frontier' concept — AI capabilities are uneven, and blind reliance on AI for tasks beyond its capability degrades performance.

Relevance to Hypotheses

Hypothesis	Relationship	Strength
H1	Supports	See assessment
H2	Supports	See assessment
H3	Contradicts	Contradicts material error
## Context
See assessment.md.