AI polish makes it harder to spot problems. But there's a quick fix.
AI makes it quick and easy to turn rough notes into a clean, easy-to-read document. Job well done, right? Think again. Atlassian’s Teamwork Lab suspected that this professional veneer—what we call “AI polish”—makes it harder to spot foundational flaws and give feedback, so we tested it. We wanted to know: Does AI polish make it harder to identify problems in early drafts? How can we solve for this blind spot?