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Measuring the impact of AI on experienced open-source developer productivity

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688 points dheerajvs | 7 comments | 10 Jul 25 16:29 UTC | HN request time: 0.426s | source | bottom
1. swayvil ◴[10 Jul 25 17:46 UTC] No.44523562[source]▶
AI by design can only repeat and recombine past material. Therefore actual invention is out.
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2. elpakal ◴[10 Jul 25 17:52 UTC] No.44523627[source]▶
underrated comment
3. atleastoptimal ◴[10 Jul 25 18:56 UTC] No.44524278[source]▶
HN moment
4. luibelgo ◴[10 Jul 25 19:11 UTC] No.44524440[source]▶
Is that actually proven?
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5. greenchair ◴[10 Jul 25 19:59 UTC] No.44524867[source]▶
The easiest way to see this for yourself is with an image generator. Try asking for a very specific combination of things that would not normally appear together in an artpiece.
6. keeda ◴[10 Jul 25 21:22 UTC] No.44525768[source]▶
Pretty much all invention is novel combination of known techniques. Anything that introduces a fundamental new technique is usually in the realm of groundbreaking papers and Nobel prizes.
7. 8note ◴[11 Jul 25 06:16 UTC] No.44528888[source]▶
its not a huge deal. i dont need the AI to invent a replacement to the for loop or map function; i only want it to use the those tools.

I'm the one providing the invention, it's transforming my invention into an implementation; sometimes better than others.