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AI coders think they’re 20% faster — but they’re actually 19% slower (pivot-to-ai.com)
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[-] [email protected] 22 points 2 days ago

Paragraph 2:

METR funded 16 experienced open-source developers with “moderate AI experience” to do what they do.

[-] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago

. Debate me bro? (jk)

[-] [email protected] 27 points 2 days ago

... and just a few paragraphs further down:

The number of people tested in the study was n=16. That’s a small number. But it’s a lot better than the usual AI coding promotion, where n=1 ’cos it’s just one guy saying “I’m so much faster now, trust me bro. No, I didn’t measure it.”

I wouldn't call that "burying information".

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