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80% of developers find AI coding more addictive than helpful (www.zdnet.com)
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A new Coddy Developer Survey found that four in five developers, 80%, say their use of AI has felt more like a dependence than an advantage.

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[–] 1 point 2 months ago (2 children)

A pretty good one. I mean we're running out of them, google isn't very helpful anymore, and DDG is just a frontend...

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (1 child)

    Eh, I've had VERY mixed results. I've had it tell me information that I absolutely knew was wrong, and it did so with great confidence, until I copy and pasted the excerpt from the website and the URL back to it. It then goes, "Oh you're right!" Ughhhh....

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    Yeah. Mixed results. Just like an ordinary search. And please note- you knew it was wrong. It is much easier using a tool when you know when it's misbehaving. Sure the level of utility varies from person to person and situation to situation, but there are things I am truly grateful that AI helped me understand, learn, or just spit back at me. It is a very useful tool.

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