Skilled writers adopt AI first

A YouGov poll finds that confidence and frequency of writing, not low ability, predict who uses AI writing tools: younger, college‑educated, higher‑earning, and self‑described good writers are the most likely to use AI regularly. Lower‑income and self‑described poor writers report the least use, so AI assistance is diffusing among prolific or professional communicators before marginal or low‑volume writers. — If early AI writing adoption is concentrated among confident, prolific writers, the technology will reshape professional and cultural production unevenly and could amplify existing advantages in communication, publishing, and gatekeeping.