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Study (N=16) finds AI (Cursor/Claude) slows development (beehaw.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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[–] 5 points 1 year ago

Study (N=16) finds absolutely nothing because their sample size is too small to meaningfully substantiate any conclusion.

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