AI Was Supposed to Help Juniors Shine. Why Does It Mostly Make Seniors Stronger?

Re:AI Was Supposed to Help Juniors Shine. Why Does It Mostly... by TeMPOraL on Sunday September 21, 2025 @03:50PM (#45326050)

> Wasn’t there a study that said that using LLMs makes people feel more productive while they actually are not?

Curious about specifics of this study. Because in general, how one feels is critical to productivity. It's hard to become more productive when the work is less and less rewarding. The infamous "zone" / "flow state" involves, by its very definition, feeling of increasing productivity being continuously reinforced on a minutes-by-minutes level. Etc.

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Re:AI Was Supposed to Help Juniors Shine. Why Does It Mostly... by lkey on Sunday September 21, 2025 @04:10PM (#45326220)

perceived result: 20% faster

actual result: 20% slower

link: https://metr.org/blog/2025-07-10-early-2025-ai-experienced-o...

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Re:AI Was Supposed to Help Juniors Shine. Why Does It Mostly... by bluefirebrand on Monday September 22, 2025 @01:12AM (#45329290)

Personally this might explain why I feel so demoralized by LLMs

I hate the experience of trying to write code with them. I like to just type my thoughts into the files.

I hate trying to involve the LLM, even as a search. I want my search to feel like looking up references not having a conversation with a robot

Overall, for me, the whole experience of trying to code with LLMs is both frustrating and unrewarding

And it definitely doesn't seem more efficient or faster either

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