Impact of AI Tools on Open Source Developers' Productivity
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jwhiles
Baker's choice. Dense with flavour, light on filler.
Summary
Metr's paper reveals that AI tools slow down open-source developers in familiar codebases, contrary to developers' expectations of increased speed. The phenomenon is explained by Peter Naur's insights.
Key quotes
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Interestingly the developers predict that AI will make them faster, and continue to believe that it did make them faster, even after completing the task slower than they otherwise would!
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