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> Developers actually take up to 19% longer when coding with AI than without it, but self-report that they were able to complete tasks 20% faster. this contrad

> Developers actually take up to 19% longer when coding with AI than without it, but self-report that they were able to complete tasks 20% faster. this contradicts thought leaders in the field like Andrew Ng

unclad5968 1y ago
What is a thought leader?
- leakycap 1y ago
  The person you are asking gave an example: > thought leaders in the field like Andrew Ng If its still cloudy, a "thought leader" is anyone recognized as an authority in their field, whose ideas and insights influence others and shape the direction of the hype cycle.
- _9ptr 1y ago
  A Führer for your thoughts
  - lbrito 1y ago
    Thought Czar is more in vogue
- lubujackson 1y ago
  PR speak for marketer
sothatsit 1y ago
This is a stat from a pretty interesting study: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44522772 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44522772 I quite like it actually because although I do use AI, I think you really do have to be careful about how you use it to avoid wasting more time than it saves when you run into a problem and insist on getting the AI to fix it instead of doing it yourself. It is very easy to fall into this trap of trying to get AI to do everything, because our brains are hardwired to avoid effort, and so we use it even when AI is not appropriate. The biggest time saver for me with AI is to really try to avoid the round-and-round with AI and instead just get AI to take the first pass, maybe some small follow-ups, and then I take it from there and complete the task manually. AI can be a significant time-saver in that first pass at the problem, but after that you can waste so much time trying to get AI to fix something small that you could fix yourself in 5 minutes. And this can be especially damaging because it is less effort to use AI, so we don't necessarily notice when we are wasting time due to our own cognitive biases, which I think this study does a good job of pointing out.
dyauspitr 1y ago
Pure nonsense (referring to your quote)
ykonstant 1y ago
Please don't say "thought leader" unironically.

unclad5968 1y ago

What is a thought leader?

leakycap 1y ago
The person you are asking gave an example: > thought leaders in the field like Andrew Ng If its still cloudy, a "thought leader" is anyone recognized as an authority in their field, whose ideas and insights influence others and shape the direction of the hype cycle.
_9ptr 1y ago
A Führer for your thoughts
- lbrito 1y ago
  Thought Czar is more in vogue
lubujackson 1y ago
PR speak for marketer

sothatsit 1y ago

This is a stat from a pretty interesting study: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44522772 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44522772 I quite like it actually because although I do use AI, I think you really do have to be careful about how you use it to avoid wasting more time than it saves when you run into a problem and insist on getting the AI to fix it instead of doing it yourself. It is very easy to fall into this trap of trying to get AI to do everything, because our brains are hardwired to avoid effort, and so we use it even when AI is not appropriate. The biggest time saver for me with AI is to really try to avoid the round-and-round with AI and instead just get AI to take the first pass, maybe some small follow-ups, and then I take it from there and complete the task manually. AI can be a significant time-saver in that first pass at the problem, but after that you can waste so much time trying to get AI to fix something small that you could fix yourself in 5 minutes. And this can be especially damaging because it is less effort to use AI, so we don't necessarily notice when we are wasting time due to our own cognitive biases, which I think this study does a good job of pointing out.

dyauspitr 1y ago

Pure nonsense (referring to your quote)

ykonstant 1y ago

Please don't say "thought leader" unironically.