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95% of Companies See 'Zero Return' on $30B Generative AI Spend

(thedailyadda.com)
418 points speckx | 1 comments | 21 Aug 25 15:36 UTC | HN request time: 0.49s | source
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md3911027514 ◴[21 Aug 25 16:35 UTC] No.44974785[source]▶
It’s interesting how self-reports of productivity can be wrong.

For example a study from METR found that developers felt that AI sped them up by 20%, but it empirically it slowed them down by 19%. https://metr.org/blog/2025-07-10-early-2025-ai-experienced-o...

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1. biophysboy ◴[21 Aug 25 16:58 UTC] No.44975147[source]▶
I sort of wonder if AI pushes people to stay "in the weeds". I've noticed that the speed of my software development hinges a lot on decisions that require me to take a step back (e.g. Am I using the right tool? Is this feature necessary? etc)