> even at the highest levels of skill, it's not just a juniors-only phenomenon
AI has the most effect for people with less experience or low performance. It has less of an effect for people on the high end. It is indeed closing the skill gap and it does so by elevating the lower side of it.
This is important to know because it helps explain why people react as they do. Those who feel the most lift will be vocal about AI being good while those that don't are confused by anyone thinking AI is helpful at all.
It is not common for people on the high skill side to experience a big lift except for when they use AI for the tedious stuff that they don't really want to do. This is a sweetspot because all of the competence is there, but the willingness to do the work is not.
I have heard Dr Lilach Mollick, dir of Pedagogy at Wharton, say this has been shown numerous times. People who follow her husband, Ethan, are probably aware already.
AI has the most effect for people with less experience or low performance. It has less of an effect for people on the high end. It is indeed closing the skill gap and it does so by elevating the lower side of it.
This is important to know because it helps explain why people react as they do. Those who feel the most lift will be vocal about AI being good while those that don't are confused by anyone thinking AI is helpful at all.
It is not common for people on the high skill side to experience a big lift except for when they use AI for the tedious stuff that they don't really want to do. This is a sweetspot because all of the competence is there, but the willingness to do the work is not.
I have heard Dr Lilach Mollick, dir of Pedagogy at Wharton, say this has been shown numerous times. People who follow her husband, Ethan, are probably aware already.