Comment by vladimir-y

Look. Some say AI improves speed. It might also improve quality - if you use it as a tool, with a full understanding of what's happening in your system and preserved ability to maintain that system even if AI disappears one day for whatever reason. But since all the competitors are jumping into AI, most won't focus on quality, but on delivering speed, as you have to be competitive and justify AI cost, right? So if AI doesn't improve relative speed, and in many cases doesn't improve quality, then why is it there? The possible answer is: to consolidate the means of production under one's own control. With AI and robots involvement, humanity might be forced into an anti-utopia.