Study (N=16) finds AI (Cursor/Claude) slows development (beehaw.org)

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Before starting tasks, developers forecast that allowing AI will reduce completion time by 24%. After completing the study, developers estimate that allowing AI reduced completion time by 20%. Surprisingly, we find that allowing AI actually increases completion time by 19%

N = 16

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

Haha yes, I should have made that clear, thanks

this post was submitted on 11 Jul 2025

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