Why a Better AI Teammate Can Mean Lower Team Output

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 10:00:00 +0900

Background

Replacing a team member with AI that can do more work seems likely to increase the team’s output. At the very least, if AI does as much work as the person it replaces, we might expect total output to stay the same.

This paper examines theoretically how replacing a human with AI that contributes more can nevertheless reduce team output.

AI on Keisuke Hattori

Why a Better AI Teammate Can Mean Lower Team Output

Background