What can be concluded is that some get immense value out of Ai and some are incredibly critical of that claim.
I do not know what the secret sauce is.
But I have a responsibility to the team I lead. I need to protect our velocity. Which means that my hiring practices now include specific checks that people are able to work with ai.
In the end, it might be a step thing. Some people are just inherently incapable of working with this technology...