Program II

Human Performance

Education · work · leadership · career transition · longevity

Selected publications

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Chart: unassisted adenoma detection rate among 19 endoscopists fell from 28.4 percent before AI adoption to 22.4 percent after, a drop of 6 percentage points.
Both figures are unassisted colonoscopies. 28.4% is the detection rate in the three months before the four centres adopted AI polyp detection; 22.4% is the rate in procedures performed without AI after adoption. The study is observational, not randomized, so exposure to AI is associated with the decline rather than proven to have caused it. Source: Budzyń et al., The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology, vol. 10, 896–903 (2025). Read Searchlight 018 →

Research in progress and program context

HSI Searchlight analysis on AI deskilling and the human-oversight skill gap. Ongoing research on the AI productivity paradox, comparing individual and group efficiency gains and how organizations distribute them. Forthcoming Research Briefs on capability development under automation and on cognitive performance in high-stakes decision environments.

Searchlight analysis on AI deskilling and the human-oversight skill gap is published; ongoing research examines the AI productivity paradox and how organizations distribute efficiency gains. Research Briefs under this program remain in scoping. See the research agenda for current work.

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Human Performance
Artemis II Orion water-survival training, Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, January 23, 2024. Photo: NASA/Josh Valcarcel.