Are We Losing Touch? Evaluating the Human/AI Balance

Jul 8

Q: What does it mean to balance humans and AI?

In the world of AI, there’s a concept known as the Human/AI Collaboration Spectrum — or what we’ll call the AI Balance Scale.

There are five generally accepted levels:

Level 0: 100% Human
No AI. All brainpower, all labor, all human judgment. (Think: handwriting a letter on paper with a fountain pen. Respect.)
Level 1: 75% Human / 25% AI
Humans lead, AI assists. This is where most people are today. You might use ChatGPT to brainstorm or outline a script, but you’re doing the bulk of the thinking, writing, and execution yourself.
Level 2: 50/50 Human + AI
Humans and AI share the work. Tools like AI video generators or copywriters might take your short input and return a fairly polished product. You edit. You tweak. It’s collaborative.
Level 3: 25% Human / 75% AI
AI takes the lead, humans play editor or reviewer. Some advanced automations and decision tools may fall here soon — AI drives the bus, but you’re still checking the map.
Level 4: 100% AI
No human touch. No prompting, no editing, no reviewing. The AI plans, executes, and delivers without oversight.

⚠️ Sound scary? That’s because it kinda is — at least today.

Q: Is anyone actually using Level 4 AI?

Technically? No
Today, most tools hover around Level 1 or 2.
We’re prompting, reviewing, editing, refining. Humans are still the driver — AI is just the turbo.

But we’re creeping upward.

As tools get better and the line between human and machine blurs, it’s fair to ask:

Are we slowly outsourcing not just our work, but our thinking?

Q: What about AGI? Are we close?

AGI — Artificial General Intelligence — is the idea of an AI system with human-like cognitive abilities. It can learn any task, reason through new problems, and adapt without being specifically trained.

Some experts think AGI could emerge by the end of 2025. Others say we’re years away. Honestly? No one knows for sure. But the mere possibility of AGI adds fuel to the fire around the AI balance conversation.

Because if machines can fully take over certain processes…
…should they?

Q: Where should we draw the line?

There’s a growing belief in the business world that the higher the risk, the lower the AI involvement.

Low-risk tasks like writing blog posts, generating images, drafting social media copy? Go nuts. AI can take the lead.
High-risk tasks like legal contracts, financial forecasting, HR terminations, strategic decision-making?
Let’s keep humans in the driver’s seat — for now.

But not every company agrees.

Some are flipping the script and using AI to drive top-down leadership strategies — automating not just admin tasks, but vision-setting, market analysis, and operations.

Which brings us to the big question…

Q: Are we losing touch?

Maybe.

We’re gaining speed.
We’re scaling faster.
We’re breaking creative ceilings left and right.

But we’re also offloading more thinking.
More decision-making.
More intuition.

And if we’re not careful, we risk disengaging the human brain in the name of efficiency.

The goal isn’t to go full robot.
The goal is to find the balance where AI augments human brilliance — not replaces it.

💡 Want to explore how your business can strike the right Human/AI balance?
Join the Maadii Membership — you’ll get prompt templates, team training, and guidance on how to use AI without losing your edge (or your soul).

You can also learn about more of Maadii’s services that are helping everyday businesses transform with AI and connect with us!

Kim Costa