The Chronicle is an ongoing research initiative documenting how people are adapting to AI—through workshops, interviews, story analysis, and direct observation. Our first release offers an exploratory map of emerging psychological patterns.
At the Artificiality Institute, we want to know how to think better with AI. Over the past two and a half years, we've studied how over 1,000 people are adapting to this collision of intelligences. What we found challenges almost everything being said about AI and productivity.
We're introducing a short summer workshop series designed to help experienced professionals become more essential with AI.
AI is a force multiplier on expertise—and right now, that force is reshaping how professional knowledge gets created, applied, and valued. If you've spent years building deep expertise that others rely on, you're feeling this shift acutely. This course is designed to help you co-evolve with AI in ways that increase the value of your expertise rather than diminish it.
Our research with 1000+ professionals reveals that a key difference between those who become more valuable with AI versus those who become replaceable isn't technical skill, it's their psychological strategy.
The course structure is four, 90-minute sessions at midday Pacific Time on Wednesdays in August. It is immersive, personal learning. This is a small group format and space is limited. Price is $495.
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Who This Is For
Experienced professionals in knowledge work and judgment-heavy fields who've built deep expertise over years and feel it's under pressure from AI capabilities.
Senior contributors and leaders who worry about staying relevant without becoming "tech-chasers"—you want to evolve your expertise thoughtfully, not abandon what makes you valuable.
Professionals experiencing quiet anxiety about AI's impact on your role, identity, and future value. You're not panicking, but you know something fundamental is shifting and you want to navigate it consciously.
Course Outcomes
Understand your psychological relationship with AI: Identify your three key traits (Cognitive Permeability, Identity Coupling, Symbolic Plasticity) and recognize which of the five states you're in, so you can navigate change consciously rather than drift.
Build conscious boundaries for AI collaboration: Master the four-question framework to decide when to delegate, when to stay in control, and how to preserve your expertise edge while leveraging AI capabilities.
Reconstruct your professional identity: Transform from "I do X" to "I orchestrate X using hybrid intelligence"—maintaining your core value while evolving how you create and apply expertise.
Develop your personal evolution system: Create a three-layer monitoring approach (technology, psychology, strategy) to stay ahead of AI disruption and continuously position yourself where you become more essential, not replaceable.
Lead organizational change: Move from individual survival to cultural leadership, becoming the person others look to for navigating human-AI collaboration with wisdom and confidence.
Skills You'll Gain
Strategic decision-making with AI: Make confident choices about when to delegate, collaborate, or maintain human control in your work processes.
Professional identity evolution: Articulate your unique value proposition in an AI-enhanced workplace and communicate it effectively to stakeholders.
Organizational change leadership: Guide teams through AI transitions and become a trusted voice for human-AI collaboration best practices.
Future-proofing expertise: Continuously assess and reposition your skills to stay ahead of technological disruption in your field.
Conscious collaboration frameworks: Work with AI tools while maintaining professional credibility, accountability, and authentic voice.
Executive presence in the AI era: Project confidence and competence when discussing AI strategy with leadership and peers.
Program
Learn the psychological strategy required to co-evolve your expertise with AI.
Session 1: Recognizing Your AI Psychology
Wednesday August 6, 12-1.30 pm Pacific Time
Discover the three psychological traits that shape how you adapt to AI:
Cognitive Permeability (idea boundaries)
Identity Coupling (emotional relationship with AI)
Symbolic Plasticity (ability to reframe meaning)
Locate yourself in the five adaptation states from Recognition to Reconstruction.
Understand why awareness—not skill—may be the best path to becoming more essential with AI.
Session 2: Building Conscious Boundaries
Wednesday August 13, 12-1.30 pm Pacific Time
Learn the four-question boundary framework to calibrate AI collaboration.
Identify where and how to keep control, delegate wisely, and preserve your edge.
Practice setting context-sensitive, conscious boundaries between you and AI—especially where trust, accountability, or learning is on the line.
Session 3: Rebuilding Your Professional Identity
Wednesday August 20, 12-1.30 pm Pacific Time
Confront the question: “Who am I when my expertise becomes hybrid?”
Avoid the three identity traps (Defender, Merger, Denier).
Build your Architect Identity—one that strategically integrates human strengths and AI capabilities.
Develop your value migration map and a future-proof identity narrative.
Session 4: From Personal Agency to Cultural Leadership
Wednesday August 27, 12-1.30 pm Pacific Time
Lead with Confidence: Navigate AI change at the personal, team, and cultural level to become the leader others look to.
Multiply Your Impact: Build systems that enable others to adapt, experiment, and collaborate with AI safely and effectively.
Drive Cultural Change: Become a go-to resource for shaping people-first, AI-enabled practices across your organization.
Helen Edwards is a Co-Founder of Artificiality. She previously co-founded Intelligentsia.ai (acquired by Atlantic Media) and worked at Meridian Energy, Pacific Gas & Electric, Quartz, and Transpower.
Dave Edwards is a Co-Founder of Artificiality. He previously co-founded Intelligentsia.ai (acquired by Atlantic Media) and worked at Apple, CRV, Macromedia, Morgan Stanley, Quartz, and ThinkEquity.
