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> There's the quote that implies that return to office is not the explanation for this productivity rebound. Work from home is still far higher than it was in 2

by timr 3y ago

> There's the quote that implies that return to office is not the explanation for this productivity rebound. Work from home is still far higher than it was in 2019, and so is productivity. ...or maybe there's another factor, and this doesn't explain anything at all. Correlation does not imply causality. We have LLMs now, we didn't have them in 2019, and productivity is up. Ergo, increased productivity must be caused by LLMs. Right?

gedy 3y ago
LLMs have only been in use for 1 year and mostly in software, WFH has been widespread for almost 4 years
- timr 3y ago
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- timr 3y ago
  You can pick any of a thousand other correlates and make spurious causal arguments that are just as logically valid as the one you're making.
  - gedy 3y ago
    Yes but - something as closely related to productivity as work environment likely isn't so spurious as you are making it.
    - timr 3y ago
      Everyone who has ever wanted to confuse correlation with cause says the same thing.
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- randomdata 3y ago
  GPT-3 launched in 2020.