The people who most need AI for busywork are the least likely to use it well
Visual-Basis3400 · reddit · 2026-08-31
The author describes an adoption paradox: those drowning in repetitive document and presentation work adopt AI last and use it at maybe 10% of its potential, while fluent, technical users—already efficient—see smaller marginal gains. The productivity boost thus lands unevenly, opposite to the "helps everyone" narrative.
The gap is no longer access (tools are cheap and everywhere) but an unevenly distributed, invisible skill: using AI well resembles delegating to a person—you must know what to ask for, how to check it, and when to throw it out. People who never had to articulate a task clearly get mediocre results and conclude the tool is overhyped. The author asks what has actually worked for getting less-technical colleagues to adopt AI for routine work.
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