Study: When experienced open-source developers used current AI tools, work took 19% longer to complete. In spite of which, the developers *thought* they were working *faster.*
It’s just one study, and they don’t claim anything beyond what they observed. Their results are not predictive. Still....
(There must be a name for the psychological trick we play on ourselves to believe we’re being more productive even when we’re considerably less so.)
Hat tip: Dave Martin
“What the Apple paper shows, most fundamentally, regardless of how you define AGI, is that LLMs are no substitute for good well-specified conventional algorithms.”
Everything old is new.
@npub1yynt...x8va, Friday, July 2, 1937: Hitler honors USA tech co IBM president Thomas J. Watson for helping the Reich hunt down “undesirables.”
“Associating with the Donald Trump administration’s multibillionaire adviser Elon Musk and misusing artificial intelligence are among the most surefire ways for companies to damage their brands, a new survey of more than 100 international public affairs leaders found.”
Cutting DEI programs ranks third (after Musk and AI) in destroying your brand, survey says.
For those entering the US concerned about border guards looking through your phone—yes, they do this; a friend was deported yesterday in handcuffs—don't forget you can hide apps on iOS:
