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Re:AI is not Making Engineers 10x as Productive by oceanplexian on Tuesday August 05, 2025 @11:56AM (#44799702)
I find statements like this kind of funny.

If an AI assistant was the equivalent of “a dozen PhDs” at any of the places I’ve worked you would see an 80-95% productivity reduction by using it.

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Re:AI is not Making Engineers 10x as Productive by SpaceNoodled on Tuesday August 05, 2025 @01:00PM (#44800720)
Yeah, we're only seeing a 20% reduction in productivity.
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Re:AI is not Making Engineers 10x as Productive by fuzztester on Tuesday August 05, 2025 @08:36PM (#44806308)
>you would see an 80-95% productivity reduction by using it.

they are the equivalent.

there is already an 80-95% productivity reduction by just reading about them on Hacker News.

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