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> Wasn’t there a study that said that using LLMs makes people feel more productive while they actually are not? Curious about specifics of this study. Because
by TeMPOraL 1y ago
> Wasn’t there a study that said that using LLMs makes people feel more productive while they actually are not?
Curious about specifics of this study. Because in general, how one feels is critical to productivity. It's hard to become more productive when the work is less and less rewarding. The infamous "zone" / "flow state" involves, by its very definition, feeling of increasing productivity being continuously reinforced on a minutes-by-minutes level. Etc.
- lkey 1y agoperceived result: 20% faster actual result: 20% slower link: https://metr.org/blog/2025-07-10-early-2025-ai-experienced-os-dev-study/ https://metr.org/blog/2025-07-10-early-2025-ai-experienced-o...
- bluefirebrand 1y agoPersonally this might explain why I feel so demoralized by LLMs I hate the experience of trying to write code with them. I like to just type my thoughts into the files. I hate trying to involve the LLM, even as a search. I want my search to feel like looking up references not having a conversation with a robot Overall, for me, the whole experience of trying to code with LLMs is both frustrating and unrewarding And it definitely doesn't seem more efficient or faster either