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Not So Fast: AI Coding Tools Can Actually Reduce Productivity
Study Shows That Even Experienced Developers Dramatically Overestimate Gains
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chris.johan
If a programmer just blindly accepts what the AI coding tool suggests without understanding the code, then after a while, they won’t understand how the fix bugs.
jaeyson
welpppppp, just last night I had an argument with it (gem in eye, free ones pun unintended), and it just couldn’t solve the issue when running ansible-lint in CI runner 
alvinkatojr
Glad this paper and article came out. Having the IDE get in your way with auto suggestions is a definite buzz kill.
AI is NOT a miracle cure.
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