Most teams do not have an AI problem. They have an ambiguity problem with a nicer demo.
AI exposes weak ownership and vague execution faster than it fixes them.
When people tell me AI will speed up delivery, my first question is usually: speed up what, exactly? Vague requests do not become crisp because a model touched them. Hand-off confusion does not disappear because the ticket now has five generated subtasks and a polished summary. In practice, AI often shines a floodlight on the parts of the organization that were already underspecified: who decides, who reviews, what "done" means, and where risk is allowed to sit. That is useful. It is just not the same thing as acceleration.
Before you automate a workflow, make sure it is a workflow and not a negotiation.