The Shelf · Signal Library
No. 168

Human+AI beats humans alone — but loses to the better of the two alone

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Nov 2, 2026Shelved
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AutoAnalysis, a self-updating meta-analysis now covering 1,955 effect sizes from 420 papers, finds human-AI combinations significantly outperform humans alone yet underperform simply using whichever of human or AI is better solo; the closest thing to a field-lane signal today, and a useful corrective for Sawdust/E5 collaboration claims.

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