Augmentation

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Defines the collaboration principle and contrasts its economic risks with automation, without implementation details.

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Augmentation is the use of technology to enhance human capabilities rather than replace human participation.

Augmentation uses technology to enhance human capabilities rather than replace human participation. In work, it pairs people with AI systems to create value neither could achieve alone. section 6.10

Augmentation contrasts with automation and replacement. AI can empower knowledge workers, yet market incentives may favor substituting for labor, reducing wages, weakening bargaining power, and widening inequality. Access and skill also matter: workers who can use AI tools are seeing productivity and wage gains, while others risk falling behind. section 6.10

AI-assisted work

A worker uses an AI tool to increase productivity instead of being replaced by it. The same technology can produce uneven outcomes when access, skills, and bargaining power differ. section 6.10

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The Art of AI Product DevelopmentAugmentation is the use of technology to enhance a person's capabilities or performance without fully replacing their involvement.

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