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Re:AI Does Not Help Programmers by JohnFen on Monday June 05, 2023 @05:29PM (#36203986)
I don't know that it's obviously wrong. I know a handful of devs that have been using LLMs as part of their development process. About half of them have seen some increased productivity from doing so (none of them produce better code).

So it appears to me that neither the ones claiming that AI helps them, nor those saying it doesn't, are wrong. Not everyone finds AI to be helpful when coding.

Re:AI Does Not Help Programmers by williamcotton on Monday June 05, 2023 @05:48PM (#36204353)
AI Does Not Help Programmers

Is much different than your observation:

About half of them have seen some increased productivity from doing so

Isn’t there an obvious difference?

Re:AI Does Not Help Programmers by JohnFen on Monday June 05, 2023 @05:51PM (#36204397)
Sure there is, but that's not the part we were discussing. I was replying to a comment about a specific line of the essay.