Six archetypes that emerge from the Index — where people typically land across the four capabilities, what their signature looks like, and the next move that creates the most leverage.
You’re early on the curve, and that’s a fine place to start.
You’re forming a working model of what AI is and how to use it. Foundations are the highest-leverage investment — they shape everything that follows.
You use AI well. The next step is judging its output more carefully.
You’re productive with AI and likely faster than peers. The gap is on the human side — building habits to evaluate output and own the result rather than trust the surface.
You evaluate AI carefully. The next step is building with it deliberately.
You spot bad output and think about responsibility. The gap is on the machine side — moving from cautious user to designing AI systems that give you leverage.
You’re balanced across the four capabilities — solid working fluency.
You use AI thoughtfully and have started to evaluate it. The path forward is depth: one capability at a time, push from level 2 to level 3.
You design with AI. The edge is sharpening judgment to stay reliable.
You move past prompting into systems — projects, memory, tools. The risk for builders is shipping confidently without auditing output. Lean into evaluation practices.
You operate at the level of someone who shapes practice for others.
You build with AI, evaluate it carefully, and think about downstream impact. The next move is leverage: help others get here, and set the norms your organization runs on.
Profiles are a shorthand, not a verdict. Most people sit on the seam between two — and most move between them as their work changes.