From the centaur and cyborg distinction of Ethan Mollick (2023; Co-Intelligence, 2024), grounded in the field experiment of Fabrizio Dell'Acqua, Mollick, and colleagues (2023).
A writing routine: a person sets the outline and claims, an AI drafts sections under tight limits, and the two trade critique until a final human pass.
When to reach for it
Producing a brief, analysis, or plan where human judgment of quality is the limit and AI can carry the drafting.
How it runs
- Split the piece into sections an AI can draft credibly.
- Write the outline, key claims, and voice samples yourself.
- Have the AI draft each section under stated limits.
- Edit each draft and feed the edits back.
- Finish with a pass that is entirely human.
Where it sits in SOLVE eX
- Any step: Tools that serve every step: habits of thought and checks on the thinking itself.
Go to the source
- Centaurs and Cyborgs on the Jagged Frontier, One Useful Thing, 2023
- Navigating the Jagged Technological Frontier, Harvard Business School Working Paper 24-013, 2023
- Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI, 2024