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AI coders think they’re 20% faster — but they’re actually 19% slower (pivot-to-ai.com)

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I don't understand your point. How is it good that the developers thought they were faster? Does that imply anything at all in LLMs' favour? IMO that makes the situation worse because we're not only fighting inefficiency, but delusion.

20% slower is substantial. Imagine the effect on the economy if 20% of all output was discarded (or more accurately, spent using electricity).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 13 hours ago

Does that imply anything at all in LLMs’ favour?

Yes it suggest lower cognitive load.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 22 hours ago

I'm not saying it's good, I'm saying I expected it to be even worse.