Has anyone actually saved time using AI for real work?

I’ve been experimenting with using AI for work over the last few months and one thing surprised me.

The real benefit wasn’t using it for random prompts - it was setting up repeatable workflows.

For example, I used to spend a couple of hours each week pulling together reports (data, summaries, updates etc).

Now I just dump everything into Claude and ask it to structure it into a report with key points + risks.

Takes maybe 10–15 minutes.

It’s not perfect every time, but it’s way faster.

Curious if anyone else has found specific tasks where AI actually saves time vs just being “interesting”?