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AI coders think they’re 20% faster — but they’re actually 19% slower (pivot-to-ai.com)

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[–] HedyL@awful.systems 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm not sure how much this observation can be generalized, but I've also wondered how much the people who overestimate the usefulness of AI image generators underestimate the chances of licensing decent artwork from real creatives with just a few clicks and at low cost. For example, if I'm looking for an illustration for a PowerPoint presentation, I'll usually find something suitable fairly quickly in Canva's library. That's why I don't understand why so many people believe they absolutely need AI-generated slop for this. Of course, however, Canva is participating in the AI hype now as well. I guess they have to keep their investors happy.

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 4 points 1 day ago

all the stock sites are. use case: an image that's almost perfect but you wanna tweak it

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