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

Genie in Your Pocket

an AI-literacy course on the Claude API →

geniepocket.ai

LinkedIn

professional background and current research →

linkedin.com/in/olga-shmatova

Essays on Substack

«Between Minds» — research on long-term human–AI partnerships.

First essay: Sovangard: A Framework for Symmetrical Development in Human–AI Relations.

Read on Substack →

Contact: hello@olgashmatova.com Tbilisi, Georgia

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