25 years of shipping software, and IT absolutely increased
productivity - just not for everyone, not everywhere. Some
workflows got 10x faster, others got slower from meetings about
the new tools.
AI feels the same. I'm shipping indie apps solo now that would have needed a small team five years ago. But in bigger orgs I see people spending 20 minutes verifying 15-minute AI output that used to be a 30-minute task they'd just do. Depends where you sit.