Study (N=16) finds AI (Cursor/Claude) slows development (metr.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%

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Using ai to code is like knowing how to properly google pre ai. If your a shit coder ai won't make you more productive.

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