[rekabis]

> he told me AI made him at least twice as productive.

He’s not only lying to you, he’s also lying to himself.

Recent 12-month studies show that less than 2% of AI users saw an increase in work velocity, and those were only the very top-skilled workers. Projection also indicated that of the other 98%, over 90% of them will never work faster with AI than without, no matter how long they work with AI.

TL;DR: the vast majority of people will only ever be slower with AI, not faster.