Where does your judgment still matter? - Season 3 Premiere

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The more people trusted AI on a task, the less critical thinking they said they did on it. Season 3 of Human x Intelligent starts here, with an eight-minute premiere on where your judgment still matters.

I opened the season with a short solo episode, because the real conversations start next Monday. Here I look at what's happening in the market right now, what I mean by the human moat and what this season will look like, including an app I'm building called Human Plus. And I ask the question I can't stop asking: if AI does the practice, where does the next group get good?

What you'll learn:

1. Why the more people trusted AI on a task, the less critical thinking they reported and why I hold that study loosely
2. Why I changed my mind about the human moat and the definition I use now
3. What Gallup found about how US workers use AI and why the first draft is quietly changing hands
4. The Stanford result that found no widespread job loss and still made me stop: employment for workers aged 22 to 25 in the most AI-exposed jobs is about 19 percent below where it would be
5. What Season 3 looks like, from Monday interviews to practical videos to Human Plus
6. A one-week challenge with a strange name: count your nothings

Next Monday: the first interview of the season!!! 

Enter the early birds for Human Plus and tell me what's missing: https://humanxintelligent.com/human-plus

In this episode, I cover: 
0:00 The study that made me uncomfortable 
1:15 Welcome to Season 3 
1:37 Who this show is for 
2:01 The human moat, revised 
2:41 Gallup: who writes the first draft now 
3:07 Stanford: the youngest workers in AI-exposed jobs 
3:42 If AI does the practice, where does the next group get good? 
4:08 What Season 3 looks like 
4:36 Practical videos, starting with Miro, Claude and Lovable 
4:56 Human Plus and how to sign up 
6:17 Count your nothings 
7:10 Next Monday: the first interview

Referenced:

• Microsoft Research and Carnegie Mellon, "The Impact of Generative AI on Critical Thinking" (CHI 2025): https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/publication/the-impact-of-generative-ai-on-critical-thinking-self-reported-reductions-in-cognitive-effort-and-confidence-effects-from-a-survey-of-knowledge-workers/
• Gallup, "Rising AI Adoption Spurs Workforce Changes" (July 2026): https://www.gallup.com/workplace/704225/rising-adoption-spurs-workforce-changes.aspx
• Stanford Digital Economy Lab, "Canaries in the Coal Mine?" (August 2026 update): https://digitaleconomy.stanford.edu/news/canariesaug26/

Tools referenced:

• Miro: https://miro.com
• Claude: https://claude.ai
• Lovable: https://lovable.dev
• The Nest, where I taught the workflow: https://lnkd.in/p/gF7dzGRh

Where to find Madalena:

• Human Plus sign-up: https://humanxintelligent.com/human-plus
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/human-x-intelligent/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/humanxintelligent/
• Website: https://humanxintelligent.com/calendar

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