Before starting tasks, developers forecast that allowing AI will reduce completion time by 24%. After completing the study, developers estimate that allowing AI reduced completion time by 20%. Surprisingly, we find that allowing AI actually increases completion time by 19%
N = 16
I think you’ve got the key point here. Most of the commentary on AI focuses on its impact on people that are already good at their jobs. Where I see it having most impact is for people who aren’t good or aren’t capable. It doesn’t make them a good coder, but it might make them a bit better than before.
The same is true for professional and technical writing. There may be an explosion of people ‘delving’ into topics, littered with em-dashes, and it might take them a while to produce it, but the principle time saving is that I’m not reviewing and editing all the garbage the first time round.