The invention of the printing press didn't just make information transfer more efficient. It made the whole culture put more weight on the words in front of them.
Before the printing press, you might only have had access to a single copy of Aristotle or whoever. This scarcity made ideas slippery.
Even if you had evidence that disproved Aristotle, it was easy for someone to argue that Aristotle didn't really mean that - maybe the scribe made a mistake copying the book.
But once you had a uniform printed text, with many identical copies, the written word became more load-bearing. When actual evidence conflicted with authority, it wasn't so easy to ignore.
Arguably this was a major contributor to the Scientific Revolution. Ideas became more rigid, easier to pin down - and so easier to test and disprove.
The broader point is that the shift from oral culture to written culture didn't just happen once. Writing has become more and more load-bearing over time, as technology has changed, and it's hugely changed culture with it.
And if writing remains the key component of how AI gets up-to-speed with tasks, then this process could get accelerated.
