AI or not, most people never cared about documentation. I have always had to fight tooth and nail to get people to write shit down, and that hasn't changed with AI.

In 2021 I wrote a ton of docs for outlining our deployment and various how-tos, basically just got a "cool thanks bro" for my time. People never cared, I think AI is just a convenient modern excuse.

Work for a big enough enterprise and you’ll spend tons of time making reams of documentation that nobody ever reads and only exists to check a box. Stick around long enough and maybe a 3rd party auditor will read some of it.