It would be interesting to know how much of this effect is also explained by factors other than income and profession, and even types of work.
I work both as a software developer and a psychologist, and I love tinkering in the shop with welding and mechanics. It is extremely obvious that using AI is more available and appropriate when coding, as you're often in front of a very capable computer with a good interface to interact with. When I am a psychologist, it's not as fitting to bring out a computer and input prompts. And when I'm working in the shop, it's more of a hassle to grab the phone and ask a question.
Types of work and knowledge work, obviously, are ripe for integration with AI tools, but I think the pure ease of use/availability is a major factor. Sometimes two seconds of extra work to do something is the difference between not doing it and doing it.
I'm a heavy user of dictation and voice-assisted features on mobile phones, but it just doesn't cut it when you have to fight with the phone to select text and copy-paste. (The clicking of selected text to copy is so temperamental, and why the hell is the contextual menu so inconsistent after you've selected text still! I selected the text and waited for the tooltip to appear, but it only does so if it feels like it still.)
Anyways, "ease of use for a given profession" vs "Actual usage" is also important, is my point...
[Edit for spelling]
I have used it a lot, and I love it, but it's very limited with regards to which situations it's useful in. It's way too sensitive to sound, so it stops way to often when answering; if there is noise in the room (as there often is in a shop).
It's also often not useful because it's more work to spell out every other thing that dictation is not good for.
For instance, If i want to ask
"What does the ICD-10 code for F320 stand for?", it might transcribe it as
"What does IceDen code for F3. 120. stand for?"
When I have to start messing around with the keyboard anyways, it's double slow compared to just typing on a physical keyboard.
Many times when I need input, the thing in question is a technical term. This is as true in psychology as in coding. So it must have a way to correctly understand the uncommon terms, for instance, a predictable way to spell out or ask for clarification. Same with regards to coding terms. What is the chance that it correctly understands?"Explain #include <stdio.h> syntax"?
That said, it's awesome as long as the question uses common and predictable words. It's just surprising how often it uses uncommon terms. Thus, it's awesome, but limited. The best use case is when I think of a topic while walking the dog that I want more information on. Then I can have a cool conversation with it while walking.
On another note: It went completely off the rails for me a month ago and stopped giving useful information after it created a memory that I "want short, concise, factual, and to-the-point responses," which is true, but it went from informative to almost giving me the silent treatment and answering show short that it was useless. I feel it never got completely back to normal after removing that memory.
I work both as a software developer and a psychologist, and I love tinkering in the shop with welding and mechanics. It is extremely obvious that using AI is more available and appropriate when coding, as you're often in front of a very capable computer with a good interface to interact with. When I am a psychologist, it's not as fitting to bring out a computer and input prompts. And when I'm working in the shop, it's more of a hassle to grab the phone and ask a question.
Types of work and knowledge work, obviously, are ripe for integration with AI tools, but I think the pure ease of use/availability is a major factor. Sometimes two seconds of extra work to do something is the difference between not doing it and doing it.
I'm a heavy user of dictation and voice-assisted features on mobile phones, but it just doesn't cut it when you have to fight with the phone to select text and copy-paste. (The clicking of selected text to copy is so temperamental, and why the hell is the contextual menu so inconsistent after you've selected text still! I selected the text and waited for the tooltip to appear, but it only does so if it feels like it still.)
Anyways, "ease of use for a given profession" vs "Actual usage" is also important, is my point... [Edit for spelling]