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The AI Index reports that humans can still outperform AI when tasks run for 32 hours, despite AI leading in short two-hour settings. DIRECT_TEXT

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Source: 2025 AI Index Report, Chapter 2: Technical Performance · locator {} · excerpt hash sha256:b82c4ea370da0c3af74f6d2cde66647c031bd24349f077f9e3219360fb0027e1

In short time-horizon settings (two-hour budget), top AI systems score four times higher than human experts, but as the time budget increases, human performance surpasses AI—outscoring it two to one at 32 hours.