Haha I know, that video alone is not very clear: “learn this thing that is impossible to speed up so that you will become fast”. Out of context this is basically… not good advice. It’s like saying learn how to jump with one leg and you’ll be a fast runner. (Ok most probably flawed analogy)
In reality there’s a second video where Paul show how this “slow” picking pattern can be combined with some hammers/pulloffs to play some flashy pentatonic lines:
