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David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 10 months ago

AI coders think they’re 20% faster — but they’re actually 19% slower

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AI coders think they’re 20% faster — but they’re actually 19% slower

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David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 10 months ago
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Model Evaluation and Threat Research is an AI research charity that looks into the threat of AI agents! That sounds a bit AI doomsday cult, and they take funding from the AI doomsday cult organisat…

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    @dgerard What fascinates me is *why* coders who use LLMs think they’re more productive. Is the complexity of their prompt interaction misleading them as to how effective the outputs it results in are? Or something else?

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      What fascinates me is why coders who use LLMs think they’re more productive.

      As @dgerard@awful.systems wrote, LLM usage has been compared to gambling addiction: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/05/generative-ai-runs-on-gambling-addiction-just-one-more-prompt-bro/

      I wonder to what extent this might explain this phenomenon. Many gambling addicts aren’t fully aware of their losses, either, I guess.

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