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Experienced software developers assumed AI would save them a chunk of time. But in one experiment, their tasks took 20% longer (fortune.com)
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[–] fluxx@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

This is true. However, the issue is we keep oscillating between AI is useless and over hyped; and it will solve all of life's problems and you should not call it slop out of respect. The truth is somewhere in between, but we need to fight for it to find it.