Should You Write with Gen AI?

The promise of sky-high productivity makes the idea of gen AI–assisted writing nearly irresistible: One experimental study found that using ChatGPT made professionals more than 50% faster at their writing tasks, while improving the quality of their work. When you consider how much of our work time is spent on writing in all its forms — a 2023 Microsoft report found that professionals spend a third of their time on email and text messaging, and another third on tasks like note-taking and preparing presentations or documents — you can see how AI-enabled writing might help you tackle the problem of overload and overwork.