AI coding is now everywhere. But not everyone is convinced.
a July study by the nonprofit research organization Model Evaluation & Threat Research (METR) (
) showed that while experienced developers believed AI made them 20% faster, objective tests showed they were actually 19% slower.
For Mike Judge, principal developer at the software consultancy Substantial, the METR study struck a nerve.
MIT Technology Review
AI coding is now everywhere. But not everyone is convinced.
Developers are navigating confusing gaps between expectation and reality. So are the rest of us.
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