AI reduces the gap between the high and low skilled. If coming up with ideas is your bottleneck, as it seems possible for those who are lower skilled, AI is a boon. If coming up with ideas is where you shine, as a high skilled researcher, well …
This, if you think about it, is similar to the impact of automation work we’ve seen elsewhere. Assembly lines took away the fun parts of craftsmanship regarding building a beautiful finished product. Even before that, machine tools took that away more from the machinist. Algorithmic management of warehouses in Amazon does this.