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Study (N=16) finds AI (Cursor/Claude) slows development (beehaw.org)

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Before starting tasks, developers forecast that allowing AI will reduce completion time by 24%. After completing the study, developers estimate that allowing AI reduced completion time by 20%. Surprisingly, we find that allowing AI actually increases completion time by 19%

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[–] mspencer712@programming.dev 23 points 2 days ago (6 children)

N=16 developers

[–] jay@beehaw.org 3 points 2 days ago

Haha yes, I should have made that clear, thanks

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