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Experienced software developers assumed AI would save them a chunk of time. But in one experiment, their tasks took 20% longer (fortune.com)
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[–] 5 points 9 months ago (1 child)

That'll work right up until the shareholders start hearing "we got AI!" as the equivalent to "we invested in Enron!". I hope they have a plan for that.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    Me it reminds me of that period of time where A/B testing was big and everybody and their mother had to at least do some. Never mind that it solved problems we didn't have, it still was a cool thing to say in a meeting lol

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