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Does better work always mean better workers?
David Autor, Technology & Society Visiting Fellow, and Tanya Rodchenko, Principal, AI & Economy
In a three-month randomized controlled trial with practicing patent attorneys, we found that, while routinely using AI lifts work quality across the board, its effects on on-the-job learning depend on seniority: senior lawyers who used AI for 90 days demonstrate stronger judgment than those who didn’t, whereas junior lawyers show no average skill gain, their scores splitting into more strong scores and more low scores.
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