Complementarity, Not Substitution: AI as an Extension of Human Intelligence
Introduction Artificial intelligence amplifies human capabilities by providing speed, scale, and access to vast knowledge. AI synthesises data, highlights patterns, and proposes options. Human beings remain indispensable for setting goals, weighing values, and making decisions that require judgment, empathy, and accountability. 1. AI as a productivity multiplier AI automates repetitive cognitive tasks, accelerates research synthesis, and generates structured options from unstructured data. By delegating data collection, baseline analysis, and scenario generation to AI, professionals reclaim time for higher-value activities such as stakeholder alignment and creative problem solving. The measurable benefit is increased throughput and faster iteration cycles without requiring proportional increases in headcount. 2. Information versus decision AI provides evidence, not verdicts. Outputs must be interpreted through organisational purpose and ethical frameworks. Decision-making requires prio...