Olga Shmatova
Researcher on adult skill acquisition & human-AI collaboration
This site is being rebuilt
For 20+ years I’ve been studying how adults master complex skills from scratch. That work started with teaching art and produced eight instruction books with 700,000+ copies sold. It now continues in human-AI collaboration research and applied products.
The site you’re reading is being restructured to reflect this current work. A new version is coming in May 2026.
Current work
Essays on Substack
«Between Minds» — research on long-term human–AI partnerships.
First essay: Sovangard: A Framework for Symmetrical Development in Human–AI Relations.