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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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[โ€“] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

These guys all said the same thing before they participated in a study that proved that they were less efficient than their peers.

[โ€“] VoterFrog@lemmy.world 0 points 5 days ago

Again, read and understand the limitations of the study. Just the portion I quoted you alone is enough to show you that you're leaning way too heavily on conclusions that they don't even claim to provide evidence for.