🇺🇸 English, 22 October 2026, AI impact
Artificial intelligence increased our capability but not our capacity
The author believes AI has become a supercharger for productivity, but not a solution to capacity issues.
I was thinking out loud with my wife and daughter the other evening when I said something that surprised even me. I told them I thought artificial intelligence (AI) had become such a supercharger for productivity, but not a solution to capacity issues.
This distinction is crucial, as it highlights the difference between capability and capacity. Capability refers to the ability to do something, while capacity refers to the actual resources available to do it.