Artificial Intelligence: Those Who Don’t Use It Will Fall Behind

 The same applies to learning something new. Without AI, updating one’s knowledge typically requires attending courses, reading manuals, and watching tutorials, often in a fragmented way. With AI, one can engage in dialogue as if with a personal assistant capable of explaining complex concepts clearly, answering questions, providing tailored examples, and connecting new information to existing knowledge, all in exceptionally short timeframes. Learning becomes faster, more continuous, and less dispersed.

These differences are not merely perceptions. A study conducted by Harvard Business School observed 758 consultants performing realistic professional tasks. The results showed that those using artificial intelligence tools completed 12.2% more tasks, worked 25.1% faster, and produced results that were 40% higher in quality.

 The table from Harvard Business School summarizing these findings clearly illustrates the outcomes of that study.

Area	Condition	Quantitative Result	Interpretation
Productivity	With AI vs. without AI	+12.2% tasks completed	Increased productive capacity in tasks well suited to AI
Speed	With AI vs. without AI	+25.1% faster completion time	Significant reduction in execution time
Quality	With AI vs. without AI	+40% quality (human evaluation)	Outputs perceived as more structured and clearer
Skill Gap	Low vs. High performers	+43% vs. +17%	Skill-leveling effect that narrows performance gaps
Outside the Frontier	Complex tasks	−19 percentage points accuracy	Performance deterioration when AI is used beyond its appropriate scope
Usage Models	Centaurs / Cyborgs	Both effective	Requires awareness of AI’s limitations

I explain why in my book: Artificial Intelligence for work, business, and education.

English edition: https://amzn.eu/d/01PCC8ra

Italian edition: https://amzn.eu/d/0baJ2rhV