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Re:Google CEO says more than a quarter of the company's new ... by Wheatman on Thursday October 31, 2024 @03:09AM (#42004176)
My guess is that they counted each line of code made by an engineer using AI coding tools.

Besides, even google employees write a lot of boilerplate, especially android IIRC, not to mention simple but essential code, so AI can prevent carpal tunnel for the junior devs working on that.

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Re:Google CEO says more than a quarter of the company's new ... by zifpanachr23 on Thursday October 31, 2024 @05:17AM (#42004857)
Roughly only one quarter (assuming they are outputting similar amounts of code as non AI using engineers) of engineers actually using AI regularly for coding is a statistic that is actually believable to me based on my own experience. A lot of small teams have their "AI guy" who has drunk the kool aid, but it's not as widespread as HackerNews would make you think.
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Re:Google CEO says more than a quarter of the company's new ... by chrisjj on Thursday October 31, 2024 @06:32AM (#42005365)
> My guess is that they counted each line of code made by an engineer using AI coding tools.

... and forgot to count the Delete presses.

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