ai productivity myth

Experienced software developers assumed AI would save them a chunk of time. But in one experiment, their tasks took 20% longe

Software Engineering AI vs Reality: 20% Slower Tasks

Hook AI tools did not accelerate the build; they added roughly 20% extra time to the project schedule. In a controlled experiment involving 30 midsize software teams, the introduction of a popular generative AI code assistant increased average build time from 45 minutes to 54 minutes, according to the study’